Mary Barton is a novel with an author, genre, plot and conclusion marked by tension, opposition and conflict. It exists on the event horizon between the British industrial and agricultural economies, between Tory Anglicanism and the non-conformist Whigs, between employers and works and, finally, between women and men. The original title was to have been John Barton, but was changed later to its present form. Yet, critics reading it today find its narrative to fall, as did the original publication, into two books,with the first following the descent of John Barton and the other the ascendancy of his daughter, Mary.
The first half follows John's union activities and the industrial upheavals of 1840s Manchester. Its strong sympathies for the labor class, use of their crude language and description of their nauseating living conditions caused many to criticize the novel, despite Charles Dickens' praise.
The second half of the novel exposes the conflicting Victorian ideals of womanhood. Through the characters of Esther Barton, a prostitute, and Mary Barton, a vain and naive girl who transforms into a capable woman, Gaskell sets up a framework for feminism. Though on the surface an English Provincial novel in the fashion of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot, Mary Barton rewards multiple readings by revealing webs of inner conflict that both affirm convention and whisper rebellion.
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"Keep senses operating". 刨去道德的说教(为什么要刨去？), 曲折的情节不会因为不自然而令人生厌，所有的评判都不会片面，所有的感觉都是真实的复杂和真实的深刻和自然，且清清楚楚，做梦都是Gaskell的视角感，幸福！
评分应该是小说版的《英国工人阶级状况》了吧。但感觉后半部分情节衔接的不很顺畅，有点生硬；文笔也不如George Eliot那么有texual quality.tale+melodrama以及大团圆有点削弱了前半部分对于社会现实的出色表现的光辉。。不过故事和思想都还是算得上很有力的。
评分挺小众的，但还是看完了！ masrers vs. laborers 比较现实地再现了工业化进程中的劳工冲突，但情节有些戏剧化。 文中的宗教色彩挺浓厚，可见当时人们还是挺虔诚的。
评分British culture and society reading material. A realism novel characterized by careful and sympathetic depiction of the working class, posing some intriguing and timeless questions to the readers, e.g. the relationship between moral and social class/wealth
评分看的是Penguin1970年版。芥子之中得见须弥，小故事中看出大历史。弥漫着忧伤的死亡气息。那一句All flesh is grass，简直有eschatology的成分了。。
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