The Seamstress in Literature
Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life was first published in 1848. The story is set in Manchester and details the life of Mary Barton, the daughter of a man accused of murder and follows her story from a young girl through to marriage.
This story blends fact and fiction, as the murder in the book is based on the real event of the murder of a mill owner around 1831.
Chapter 1
A Mysterious Disappearance.
"Oh! 't is hard, 't is hard to be working
The whole of the live-long day,
When all the neighbours about one
Are off to their jaunts and play.
This story blends fact and fiction, as the murder in the book is based on the real event of the murder of a mill owner around 1831.
Chapter 1
A Mysterious Disappearance.
"Oh! 't is hard, 't is hard to be working
The whole of the live-long day,
When all the neighbours about one
Are off to their jaunts and play.
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