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Ruth / Elizabeth Gaskell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Angus Easson.
In Ruth Elizabeth Gaskell set out to portray, not 'the Condition of England' already famously addressed in Mary Barton, but the nature and sensibility of a fallen woman. Her orphaned heroine Ruth, apprenticed to a dressmaker, is seduced and then abandoned by wealthy young Henry Bellingham. Shamed in the eyes of society by her illegitimate son, and yet rejecting the opportunity to marry her seducer, Ruth finds a path that affirms we are not bound to repeat our mistakes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780140434309
- ISBN: 0140434305
- Physical Description: xxx, 397 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London ; Penguin Books, 2004.
- Copyright: ©2004
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| General Note: | Originally published in Penguin Books in 1997; reprinted with a new Chronology and revised Further Reading 2004. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and chronology. |
| Language Note: | Text in English. |
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| Subject: | Unmarried mothers > Fiction. Mothers and sons > Fiction. England > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Religious fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Washington Public Library | F GASKEL (Text) | 3151539347 | New Books-Fiction | Checked out | 01/27/2025 |
