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I have never understood why Elizabeth Gaskell is not better known. She was a contemporary of Dickens and a much better writer. Both HARD TIMES by Dickens and MARY BARTON by Gaskell deal with the terrible plight of the working poor during the 1840s and 1850s. Gaskell's characters are realistically drawn as opposed to Dicken's exaggerated comical characters. Mrs. Gaskell shows how factory workers lived in terribly squalid conditions and the affect this had on Mary Barton's father. There is a murde
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Oct 23, 2014
Pragya
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Sep 21, 2015
Sara
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Several years ago, I read this for a class at NYU. I enjoyed it immensely and read it quickly (probably because I had a due date). I was touched by the wide gulf between rich and poor and was thankful that I did not live in England during the 1840's. I was thrilled with the suspenseful search for a witness who could give an alibi in a murder trial.
This time, the story seemed to drag in places, but I have much on my mind, so perhaps it was harder to get into another place and time.
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This time, the story seemed to drag in places, but I have much on my mind, so perhaps it was harder to get into another place and time.
Today, the gap ...more
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