num_pages: 64
description: Set in Manchester between 1837 and 1842, Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. It concerns Mary Barton, a mill worker’s daughter eager to rise through the ranks, and her father, who shoots dead the mill owner’s son. This adaptation offers a stirring narrative with real insight into the lives of the Victorian working classes.
language: English
title: Mary Barton
titlecomplete: Mary Barton (Nhb Modern Plays)
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 19508
places: England, Manchester, England
publisher: Nick Hern Books