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2. Mary Barton - Wikipedia

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   Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life was the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first 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.

3. Humphrey Barton - Wikipedia

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   In 1970, Barton would marry again, this time to Mary Danby, another keen sailor. [1] Danby was born in Australia, and the couple met in Malta, where they would eventually settle down, when they were not living on their 36-foot (11 m) yacht, The Rose Rambler. The couple married in Antigua. [4] Barton died in 1980. [1]

4. Elizabeth Gaskell - Wikipedia

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   A son, William, (1844–45), died in infancy, and this tragedy was the catalyst for Mrs. Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton. It was ready for publication in October 1848, [3] shortly before they made the move south. It was an enormous success, selling thousands of copies. Ritchie called it a "great and remarkable sensation."

5. Sylvia's Lovers - Wikipedia

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   Sylvia's Lovers is an 1863 novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, ... meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a dashing sailor on a whaling vessel, and they ...

6. North and South (Gaskell novel) - Wikipedia

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   The story centers on haughty Margaret Hale, who learns to overcome her prejudices against the North in general and charismatic manufacturer John Thornton in particular. Gaskell would have preferred to call the novel Margaret Hale (as she had done in 1848 for her novel Mary Barton), but Dickens prevailed. He wrote in a 26 July 1854 letter that ...

7. Cranford (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Cranford is an episodic novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared in instalments in the magazine Household Words, then was published with minor revisions as a book with the title Cranford in 1853. The work slowly became popular and from the start of the 20th century it saw a number of dramatic treatments for the stage, the ...