Download or read book Mary Barton written by Elizabeth Gaskell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both. She rashly decides to reject her lover Jem, a struggling engineer, in the hope of marrying the rich mill-owner's son Henry Carson and securing a safe future. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself hopelessly torn between them. She also discovers an unpleasant truth - one that could bring tragedy upon everyone, and threatens to destroy her.