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Unique ElementsAuthor BiographyAbout Mary Barton8220Errands of mercyerrands of sindid you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?8221Mary Barton is a novel by
English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848 The daughter of a disenchanted trade unionist, Mary casts off her workingclass lover Jem in favour of Henry, the mill owner8217s son who she hopes to marry instead When Henry is attacked however, and Jem stands accused of the crime, Mary finds herself torn between the two The novel cleverly depicts the social struggles and class divides of the Victorian era through the lives of her characters, anticipating future literary works to focus on the impacts of the industrial revolution A powerful, absorbing literary classic, and an unmissable read