Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848.
Mary takes up work at a dressmaker\'s and becomes subject to the affection.
John Barton looses his wife and he is left alone to raise his daughter, Mary.
The novel begins in Manchester, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working-class families.
The story is set in the English city of Manchesterbetween 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class.
Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848