The Not-So-Hypothetical Victorian Literature Course #VicLit discussion

A place to discuss all your thoughts on the city in Mary Barton and The Nether World - and to compare the two.

This is a place of spoilers (for BOTH of the books). Beware.

One thing that struck me was that the working class characters in Mary Barfoot were mostly decent, kind, intelligent, self-respecting and even cultured. In the Nether World, not so much. Apart from Sidney and Jane and her grandfather, most the characters were either coarse or stupid or on the make.