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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人物性格塑造的有点儿不太连贯，冲突的解决有些理想化。
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。
评分作者第一部作品，可能当时有影响力，但从文笔、故事情节、角色塑造看都很一般般，太过罗嗦和压抑，看不出作者个性特色。看了五分之一无比郁闷，最后决定弃读。
评分“你想好读什么方向了吗？对Victorian感兴趣吗？”“我想好了想好了想好了谢谢！不用不用不用！”
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
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