Mary Barton
a tale of Manchester life
Working class families
Working class women
Poor families
Textile industry
Philosophy, Modern
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Trials (Murder)
Fathers and daughters, fiction
Fiction, political
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Labor unions
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Working class
Fathers and daughters
English fiction
Fiction, historical
England, fiction
Manners and customs
Fiction, historical, general
Fiction, romance, general
Women
Social life and customs
Fiction
Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary find…
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