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Mary Barton: a tale of Manchester life
This essay will look at the first chapter of Mary Barton: a tale of Manchester life and to show how the ideas raised here are relevant to the rest of the novel.
Chapter one of Mary Barton is the exposition of the novel, in which Gaskell sets the scene and introduces the reader to the characters.
The chapter begins on a happy Sunday afternoon walk between two families, the Bartons and the Wilson's. The setting …
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…them want to know what would happen as the story continues. It is also an effective chapter as it sets the scene and lets the reader know the story is set in
Manchester.
Bibliography
Gaskell E, Mary Barton, Penguin popular classic 1996
Gaskell E, Mary Barton, Introduction 1985
Gaskell E, Mary Barton, Preface to 1985
Hopkins AB, Her Life & Work (London, 1952)
Shelston A, The Gaskell Society Journal, Volume 3, 1989
Tillotson K, Novels of the Eighteen-Forties, OUP 1985 edition
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