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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.
Mary Barton (1 March 1905 – 1990) was a British obstetrician who, in the 1930s, founded one of the first fertility clinics in England to offer donor insemination. [1] Throughout her career, Barton studied infertility and conception .
Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. In this biography, she wrote only of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë's life; the rest she omitted, deciding certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden.
Mary Barton is a British historical television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in 1964. It is based on the 1848 novel of the same title by Elizabeth Gaskell. [1]
Mary Barton is a 1848 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. Mary Barton may also refer to: Mary Barton, a 1964 British TV adaptation of the novel; Mary Barton (obstetrician) (1905–1991), British obstetrician; Mary Alice Barton (1917–2003), American quilter, quilt historian, collector and philanthropist
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 ...
Rosemary Barton (born May 31, 1976) [1] [2] is a Canadian political journalist, [3] currently serving as the chief political correspondent for CBC. [4] In this role, she anchors her own Sunday morning news show, Rosemary Barton Live, hosted the "At Issue" segment on The National, and leads special coverage for the network including during elections, breaking news and national emergencies.
Mary Alice Barton (June 9, 1917 – December 7, 2003) was a nationally recognized American quilter, quilt historian, collector and philanthropist. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame as of September 29, 1984, for greatly contributing "through her collecting, researching and sharing of information."