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About this audiobook
"Mary Barton" (AKA "Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester"), the 1848 debut novel of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell tells of the Victorian working class in Manchester, a city in England, from 1839 to 1842.
"Mary Barton" focuses on political and domestic issues. The title character serves as the first person narrative voice. There are differing views as to whether or not the narrator is the alter ego of the author. Gaskell instils social class and time period realism by using working class dialect and colloquial speech and also with literary references. A good portion of the novel is devoted to comparisons between classes on the opposite ends of the economic spectrum.
"Mary Barton" is a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner.The novel follows Mary Barton, daughter of a man implicated in the murder, through her adolescence, when she suffers the advances of the mill owner, and later through love and marriage.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length17 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 28, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Chapter 1. A Mysterious Disappearance
3Chapter 2. A Manchester Tea-Party
4Chapter 3. John Barton's Great Trouble
5Chapter 4. Old Alice's History
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6Chapter 5. The Mill On Fire—Jem Wilson To The Rescue
7Chapter 6. Poverty And Death
8Chapter 7. Jem Wilson's Repulse
9Chapter 8. Margaret's Debut As A Public Singer
10Chapter 9. Barton's London Experiences
11Chapter 10. Return Of The Prodigal
12Chapter 11. Mr. Carson's Intentions Revealed
13Chapter 12. Old Alice's Bairn
14Chapter 13. A Traveller's Tales
15Chapter 14. Jem's Interview With Poor Esther
16Chapter 15. A Violent Meeting Between The Rivals
17Chapter 16. Meeting Between Masters And Workmen
18Chapter 17. Barton's Night-Errand
19Chapter 18. Murder
20Chapter 19. Jem Wilson Arrested On Suspicion
21Chapter 20. Mary's Dream—And The Awakening
22Chapter 21. Esther's Motive In Seeking Mary
23Chapter 22. Mary's Efforts To Prove An Alibi
24Chapter 23. The Sub-Poena
25Chapter 24. With The Dying
26Chapter 25. Mrs. Wilson's Determination
27Chapter 26. The Journey To Liverpool
28Chapter 27. In The Liverpool Docks
29Chapter 28. "John Cropper, Ahoy!"
30Chapter 29. A True Bill Against Jem
31Chapter 30. Job Legh's Deception
32Chapter 31. How Mary Passed The Night
33Chapter 32. The Trial And Verdict—"Not Guilty."
34Chapter 33. Requiescat In Pace
35Chapter 34. The Return Home
36Chapter 35. "Forgive Us Our Trespasses."
37Chapter 36. Jem's Interview With Mr. Duncombe
38Chapter 37. Details Connected With The Murder
39Chapter 38. Conclusion
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