Mary Barton

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

earliest edition we have, 1967 Dutton Adult, 1961 hardcover 384 pages

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Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Through Mary's dilemma, and the moving portrayal of her father, the embitt...

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Editions we hold

Mary Barton ebook · 2009 · The Floating Press · 9781775416463
Mary Barton ebook · 2009 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141920207
Mary Barton ebook · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407015422
Mary Barton paperback · 2008 · W.W. Norton & Co. · 672 pages · 9780393930634
Mary Barton edition · 2008 · Vintage Books · 484 pages · 9780099511472
Mary Barton (Large Print Edition) paperback · 2007 · BiblioBazaar · 474 pages · 9781434618863
Mary Barton (Dodo Press) paperback · 2007 · Dodo Press · 436 pages · 9781406528022
Mary Barton edition · 2006 · Oxford University Press · 437 pages · 9780192805621
Mary Barton paperback · 2006 · Echo Library · 500 pages · 9781406821901
Mary Barton edition · 2003 · E-Classics · 9780141881911
Mary Barton edition · 2003 · E-Classics · 9780141881904
Mary Barton edition · 2003 · E-Classics · 9780141887876

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