Mary Barton Chapter VI - Poverty And Death

In which the harsh contrast between the comfortable lives of factory owners and the desperate poverty of their workers is laid bare through the story of a sick labourer’s family, whose suffering and endurance evoke both sorrow and admiration. John Barton and others, moved by compassion amid the biting cold and scarcity, tend to the fevered man and his stricken household, revealing the tender humanity that persists even in the bleakest of circumstances.