Download or read book Mary Barton Elizabeth Illustrated written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class.