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Mary Barton

Elizabeth Gaskell

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1848
Pages
Pages 470

Manchester millhands strike, and one of them draws the lot to shoot the owner's son. His daughter proves the wrong man innocent at the trial, and the dying killer confesses to the dead boy's father, who forgives him.

We're their slaves as long as we can work; we pile up their fortunes with the sweat of our brows
Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell

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