Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell
Ruth

Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell

274 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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The book is a ,social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fallen woman', a type of person normally outcast from respectable society. The title of the novel refers to th...

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