Elizabeth Gaskell. Mary Barton. Ed. Edgar Wright. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Questia. 9 Mar. 2006.
In her novel, Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell delivers a powerful and descriptive account of the living conditions during the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England. Gaskell is able to deliver such a story through her aggressive approach in detail. The novel portrays life in Manchester as brutal and depressing. As the reader you don’t just review topics discussed in class but you get to apply in class discussions to interpret the characters and the era through their eyes.
I believe Gaskell provides an accurate portrayal of life in an industrial city in the mid nineteenth century. Living conditions are portrayed realistically and are not just byproducts of a fictitious story. The working conditions in the cotton mill run parallel with actual working conditions. There were women and children working, there were no safety standards and the employees were......
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