# Mary Barton

By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.

"Mary Barton" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel published in 1848. Set in Manchester during the industrial turmoil of 1839-1842, it follows Mary Barton, a working-class girl caught between two suitors: a devoted craftsman and a wealthy mill owner's son. When murder strikes and the wrong man faces trial, Mary must race against time to save her true love without exposing a devastating secret that could destroy her family forever. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Love stories; Domestic fiction; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Political fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Trials (Murder) -- Fiction; Working class women -- Fiction; Textile industry -- Fiction; Labor unions -- Fiction; Manchester (England) -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/10132) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (15 h 41 min, English)
- [Mary Barton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1553) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (15 h 57 min, English)

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