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In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to escape the fate of a mill girl...Tags
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This entire series is a wonderful way to learn history or teach it to adolescents. I find today's generations seem to recall more when they learn through other people (pop songs, celebrity gossip, etc.), so what better way to teach history than through someone else's perspective? Yes, "authentic" diaries would be "better", but would the language really hold the modern student's attention? Did the diary writer know what WOULD be important in the context of history? Probably not.
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- Canonical title
- Mill Girl
- Alternate titles
- Mill Girl: The Diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester, 1842-1843; Mill Girl: A Victorian Girl's Diary, 1842-1843
- Original publication date
- 2002
- First words
- I didn't go to the mill today.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And that is just as well because I must stop and write to Jack -- while there's still enough light to do so.
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- Members
- 153
- Popularity
- 212,010
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 2
