Mary Barton and Other Tales DJV, PDF
9781854599513 English 1854599518 Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron. Premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in 2006. Manchester in the 1840s. By day, Mary Barton works in a dress shop making gowns for the daughters of the newly moneyed mill owners. By night, Mary aspires to join their class. As she strives to better herself, murder, intrigue and romance take over her life and the lives of those she loves. Fast-paced, epic and exciting, Mary Barton presents a panorama of Manchester life from the mill owners' new prosperity to the thousands of ordinary people living and dying in their factories., 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.", 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.
9781854599513 English 1854599518 Elizabeth Gaskell's panoramic novel of Victorian England, adapted for the stage by the author of Iron. Premiered at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in 2006. Manchester in the 1840s. By day, Mary Barton works in a dress shop making gowns for the daughters of the newly moneyed mill owners. By night, Mary aspires to join their class. As she strives to better herself, murder, intrigue and romance take over her life and the lives of those she loves. Fast-paced, epic and exciting, Mary Barton presents a panorama of Manchester life from the mill owners' new prosperity to the thousands of ordinary people living and dying in their factories., 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.", 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.