The Manchester Man (novel)
 The Manchester Man is a novel by the British writer Isabella Banks. It was first published in three volumes in 1876. The story follows the life of a Manchester resident Jabez Clegg during the nineteenth century and his rise to prosperity in the booming industrial city. It depicts a number of real historical events such as the Peterloo Massacre.A quotation from the novel forms the epitaph on the tombstone of Tony Wilson one of the founders of Factory Records in Manchester.