Gaskell

MARY BARTON by Mrs. Gaskell in GREEN B/W Illustrated Dustjacet WRAPPER DRAWING BY William Stobbs of WOMAN IN Black DRESS ON FLOOR BY BED WITH CANDLE READING LETTER EVERYMAN’S Library #598 TALE OF MANCHESTER LIFE NOVEL

1961 · ref. 29792 — HBDJ 1961 Early Issue Reprint Near Fine in a Very Good- dust jacket WITH TINY CHIPS WEaR EDGES. LARGER FORMAT Jacket has edgewear SCUFF AT DJ SPINE EDGE spine sunned. TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS BACKOF DJ SAYS FEW 0F 500 AUTHORS LARGER FORMAT 372 pgs NO ADS IN BACK SALMON TOPSTAIN GIT RUBBED OFF SPINE CVR story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842 and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. novel begins in Manchester where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons two working-class families. John Barton is a questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relations between rich and poor. Soon his wife dies—he blames it on her grief over the disappearance of her sister Esther. Having already lost his son Tom at a young age Barton is left to raise his daughter Mary alone and now falls into depression and begins to involve himself in the Chartist trade-union movement ETCHES EXACT PICTURE of Privations Experienced by Operatives in 1 corner of Lancashire working conditions were so Bad that there was serious Threat of a Riot. Balance between Labour & Capital. Everyman’s Library, NY DENT DUTTON Printed in Great Britain at ALDINE PRESS hardcover