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The smog of Manchester hides a tragedy of poverty and desperation, tearing a young woman between the allure of wealth and the loyalty of her class. A murder mystery threatens to destroy everything she loves in a powerful indictment of industrial inequality. Feel the grit and heartache of a city divided.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length17 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
2A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
3CHAPTER II.: A MANCHESTER TEA-PARTY.
4CHAPTER III.: JOHN BARTON'S GREAT TROUBLE.
5CHAPTER IV.: OLD ALICE'S HISTORY.
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6CHAPTER V.: THE MILL ON FIRE—JEM WILSON TO THE RESCUE.
7CHAPTER VI.: POVERTY AND DEATH.
8CHAPTER VII.: JEM WILSON'S REPULSE.
9CHAPTER VIII.: MARGARET'S DEBUT AS A PUBLIC SINGER.
10CHAPTER IX.: BARTON'S LONDON EXPERIENCES.
11CHAPTER X.: RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL.
12CHAPTER XI.: MR. CARSON'S INTENTIONS REVEALED.
13CHAPTER XII.: OLD ALICE'S BAIRN.
14CHAPTER XIII.: A TRAVELLER'S TALES.
15CHAPTER XIV.: JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH POOR ESTHER.
16CHAPTER XV.: A VIOLENT MEETING BETWEEN THE RIVALS.
17CHAPTER XVI.: MEETING BETWEEN MASTERS AND WORKMEN.
18CHAPTER XVII.: BARTON'S NIGHT-ERRAND.
19CHAPTER XVIII.: MURDER.
20CHAPTER XIX.: JEM WILSON ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
21CHAPTER XX.: MARY'S DREAM—AND THE AWAKENING.
22CHAPTER XXI.: ESTHER'S MOTIVE IN SEEKING MARY.
23CHAPTER XXII.: MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
24CHAPTER XXIII.: THE SUB-PŒNA.
25CHAPTER XXIV.: WITH THE DYING.
26CHAPTER XXV.: MRS. WILSON'S DETERMINATION.
27CHAPTER XXVI.: THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL.
28CHAPTER XXVII.: IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
29CHAPTER XXVIII.: "JOHN CROPPER, AHOY!"
30CHAPTER XXIX.: A TRUE BILL AGAINST JEM.
31CHAPTER XXX.: JOB LEGH'S DECEPTION.
32CHAPTER XXXI.: HOW MARY PASSED THE NIGHT.
33CHAPTER XXXII.: THE TRIAL AND VERDICT—"NOT GUILTY."
34CHAPTER XXXIII.: REQUIESCAT IN PACE.
35CHAPTER XXXIV.: THE RETURN HOME.
36CHAPTER XXXV.: "FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES."
37CHAPTER XXXVI.: JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH MR. DUNCOMBE.
38CHAPTER XXXVII.: DETAILS CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII.: CONCLUSION.
40IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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