A poor girl must decide whether to marry for love or money in this 1848 novel. Set in Manchester, England, during the Industrial Revolution, it offers a poignant view of the class divide.
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A poor girl must decide whether to marry for love or money in this 1848 novel. Set in Manchester, England, during the Industrial Revolution, it offers a poignant view of the class divide.
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New. A poor girl must decide whether to marry for love or money in this 1848 novel. Set in Manchester, England, during the Industrial Revolution, it offers a poignant view of the class divide.
If you like period pieces about England, you will love this author. She writes much like Bronte, Dickens etc. and was one if not the first to be published in England in the early 18 hundreds quite an accomlishment for a woman in those days.
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Jan 28, 2010
Mary Barton
This is an old-fashioned book written about the appalling conditions workers in the Lancashire cotton mills faced. There were no unions to protect the working men and women; being laid off meant scrounging for everything and living in sub-standard dwellings. I enjoyed the style of the book and learned a lot about the history of the cotton mills as well.
