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Mary Barton

by Elizabeth Gaskell
MacDonald Daly
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Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both. She rashly decides to reject her lover Jem, a struggling engineer, in the hope of marrying the rich mill-owner's son Henry Carson and securing a safe future. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself hopelessly torn between them. She also discovers an unpleasant truth - one that could bring tragedy upon everyone, and threatens to destroy her.
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 5, 2009

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780141920207
  • Release date: April 5, 2009

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780141920207
  • File size: 2505 KB
  • Release date: April 5, 2009

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1060
Text Difficulty:6-9

Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both. She rashly decides to reject her lover Jem, a struggling engineer, in the hope of marrying the rich mill-owner's son Henry Carson and securing a safe future. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself hopelessly torn between them. She also discovers an unpleasant truth - one that could bring tragedy upon everyone, and threatens to destroy her.
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Classic Literature Fiction
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