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- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Number of Pages: 480
- ISBN: 0199538352
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112307906
- Release Date: February 15, 2009
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Elizabeth Gaskell (Author) and...Run a Quick Search on "Mary Barton" by Elizabeth Gaskell and Shirley Foster to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Mary Barton"Browse more products related to "Elizabeth Gaskell and Shirley Foster"First lineThere are some fields near Manchester, well known to the inhabitants as "Green Heys Fields," through which runs a public footpath to a little village about two miles distant. In spite of these fields being flat, and low, nay, in spite of the want of wood (the great and usual recommendation of level tracts of land), there is a charm about them which strikes even the inhabitant of a mountainous district, who sees and feels the effect of contrast in these common-place but thoroughly rural fields, with the busy, bustling manufacturing town he left but half an hour ago. Publisher's noteMary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect. AnnotationElizabeth Gaskell's novel of working class life in a northern English mill town was controversial when it was published in 1848 because of its sympathy for the downtrodden workers and its indictment of the wealthy class that exploited them. Gaskell, the wife of a Manchester clergyman, wrote her first novel from firsthand experience of the lives of both rich and poor in that community, and she depicts her working-class characters (and even a prostitute) as richly complicated individuals. (She writes in her Preface: "I bethought me how deep might be the romance in the lives of some of those who elbowed me daily in the busy streets of the town in which I resided.") Her recreation of the busy city and of the rural lanes around it brings the landscape of northern England vibrantly to life. There is also a notable subtheme in MARY BARTON: the plight of children. Gaskell reportedly began to write as a way to get over her grief at the death of her own son; her consciousness of the innocent victims of poverty and greed looms large in her first novel, and the deaths of the children of several of the main characters, including the son of the wealthy mill owner, are key events. In the end, Gaskell makes the point that suffering unites all classes and types of people. Short DesriptionMary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect. If You Enjoy "Mary Barton (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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