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Mary Barton

Mary Barton
Elizabeth Gaskell

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. It is subtitled "A Tale of Manchester Life".

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“Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.”

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Mary Barton, ch. 37.

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“Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant.”

Elizabeth Gaskell book Mary Barton

Mary Barton, ch. 3 (1848)

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