Title: Mary Barton
Description: Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both. She decides to reject her lover Jem in the hope of marrying rich mill-owner's son Henry Carson. She soon finds herself hopelessly torn between them.
Subjects: Social classes, Fiction, Social conditions, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction
Places: England, Manchester