Download or read book Mary Barton written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Barton Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. It is subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life'.(Additional author biography)