Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Factory Girl (1863)
$262.78
- Hardcover
560 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2025
Summary
Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s The Factory Girl (1863) was a cheap serial intended for working-class readers.
The sprawling plot centres on Laura Leslie and her daughter, Dora, who are the targets of a diverse cast of villains. After Laura’s tragic death, Dora and her adoptive mother start a new life working in a cotton mill, but Dora’s beauty attracts unwelcome attention, putting them in danger. Dora is the classic factory girl, a nineteenth-century revision of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837722495 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837722498 |
| Author: | Bridget M. Marshall |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 940g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Gothic Originals |
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About The Author
Bridget M. Marshall
Bridget M. Marshall is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where she teaches courses on the Gothic, New England witchcraft trials and disability in literature.
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