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SUMMARY:Knutsford Meeting - Adam Bede\, Ruth and Mary Barton
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, Dr Diane Duffy will be looking at  Fallenness in  Adam Bede\, Ruth and Mary Barton with a focus on the characters of  Hetty Sorrel\, Ruth and Aunt Esther. \nOur monthly Knutsford meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month\, between October and April (except December). Bring your own packed lunch from 1pm and then enjoy a friendly and informal talk and discussion\, 2-3pm. Everyone is most welcome. £5 members\, £6 non-members \nSimply come along and pay on the door\, or book online (no booking fee). \nRead Diane’s extracts and points to ponder.  \n\n\n \nUse the links below to purchase any of these books and you’ll be supporting the Gaskell Society through our affiliate link.  Bookshop.org also champions independent bookshops.  \n 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-march-2025/
LOCATION:Brook Street Unitarian Chapel\, Adam's Hill\,\, Knutsford\, WA16 8DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Discussion,George Eliot,Knutsford,Mary Barton,Meeting,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Online Talk: Song of the Shirt
DESCRIPTION:With fingers weary and worn\, \nWith eyelids heavy and red\, \nA woman sat in unwomanly rags\, \nPlying her needle and thread— \nStitch! stitch! stitch! \nThomas Hood wrote the famous poem The Song of the Shirt (1843)\, in response to a newspaper report about a widow and seamstress named Mrs Biddell who was forced\, like many seamstresses of her day\, to work for a pittance on which she could barely survive. So how can the poem help us better understand Elizabeth Gaskell’s popular novel Mary Barton? Victorian public opinion was both shocked and titillated by reports that seamstresses might be forced into prostitution by poverty. How were these concerns reflected in contemporary literature? Dr Ingrid Hanson looks at the figure of the seamstress\, the reality of destitution and Victorian sexual politics in this insightful talk.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/song-of-the-shirt/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:history,Mary Barton,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Online Talk: Mary Barton and the Year of Revolutions
DESCRIPTION:Mary Barton and the Year of Revolutions: ‘John Barton became a Chartist\, a Communist’\nElizabeth Gaskell’s debut novel Mary Barton (1848) is recognised as one of the most important Victorian works to explore the working class Chartist movement\, in this case through the character of Mary’s father\, John Barton. Popular speaker Prof Mike Sanders is back to reveal the historical truth behind the story\, published just three years after Engels’ Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) and amidst rumours of revolution. Perfect for anyone who wants to explore the context of this classic novel including the reality of Manchester and the ‘hungry forties’. \nPart of Mary Barton season
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/mary-barton-revolutions/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:history,Mary Barton,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
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