{"product_id":"2940014117951","title":"Mary Burton - (Formatted \u0026 Optimized for Nook)","description":"The e-text was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is fully indexed and includes multiple ways of navigating from chapter to chapter.  Within seconds, you'll be able to read any part of the book that you want! It's been formatted for the Nook to allow you the best reading experience.\u003cbr\u003e------\u003cbr\u003eMary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester during the 1830s and 1840s and deals heavily with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel was subtitled \"A Tale of Manchester Life.\" It begins in that city, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working-class families. John Barton is a great questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relations between rich and poor. Soon his wife dies--he blames it on her grief over the disappearance of her sister Esther--leaving him and his daughter Mary to cope in the harsh world. Having already lost his son Tom at a young age, Barton now falls into depression and begins to involve himself in the Chartist, trade-union movement.","brand":"Classic Century Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170886533360,"sku":"2940014117951","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014117951_p0.jpg?v=1763610248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014117951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}