Mary Barton

About this eBook

Author

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

Credits

E-text prepared by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset, and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Manchester (England) -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2153

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2153

Release Date

April 1, 2000

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MARY BARTON:
2. 2.A TALE OF MANCHESTER LIFE. — by
3. 3.ELIZABETH GASKELL — CONTENTS — PREFACE. — CHAPTER I. — A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. — CHAPTER II. — A MANCHESTER TEA-PARTY. — CHAPTER III. — JOHN BARTON'S GREAT TROUBLE. — CHAPTER IV. — OLD ALICE'S HISTORY. — CHAPTER V. — THE MILL ON FIRE—JEM WILSON TO THE RESCUE. — CHAPTER VI. — POVERTY AND DEATH. — CHAPTER VII. — JEM WILSON'S REPULSE. — CHAPTER VIII. — MARGARET'S DEBUT AS A PUBLIC SINGER. — CHAPTER IX. — BARTON'S LONDON EXPERIENCES. — CHAPTER X. — RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL. — CHAPTER XI. — MR. CARSON'S INTENTIONS REVEALED. — CHAPTER XII. — OLD ALICE'S BAIRN. — CHAPTER XIII. — A TRAVELLER'S TALES. — CHAPTER XIV. — JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH POOR ESTHER. — CHAPTER XV. — A VIOLENT MEETING BETWEEN THE RIVALS. — CHAPTER XVI. — MEETING BETWEEN MASTERS AND WORKMEN. — CHAPTER XVII. — BARTON'S NIGHT-ERRAND. — CHAPTER XVIII. — MURDER. — CHAPTER XIX. — JEM WILSON ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. — CHAPTER XX. — MARY'S DREAM—AND THE AWAKENING. — CHAPTER XXI. — ESTHER'S MOTIVE IN SEEKING MARY. — CHAPTER XXII. — MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI. — CHAPTER XXIII. — THE SUB-PŒNA. — CHAPTER XXIV. — WITH THE DYING. — CHAPTER XXV. — MRS. WILSON'S DETERMINATION. — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL. — CHAPTER XXVII. — IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — "JOHN CROPPER, AHOY!" — CHAPTER XXIX. — A TRUE BILL AGAINST JEM. — CHAPTER XXX. — JOB LEGH'S DECEPTION. — CHAPTER XXXI. — HOW MARY PASSED THE NIGHT. — CHAPTER XXXII. — THE TRIAL AND VERDICT—"NOT GUILTY." — CHAPTER XXXIII. — REQUIESCAT IN PACE. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE RETURN HOME. — CHAPTER XXXV. — "FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES." — CHAPTER XXXVI. — JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH MR. DUNCOMBE. — CHAPTER XXXVII. — DETAILS CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — CONCLUSION.

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