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Ruth.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gaskell, Elizabeth
Series:
Epub
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Illegitimacy--Fiction.
Illegitimacy.
Orphans--Fiction.
Orphans.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (488 p.)
Place of Publication:
Auckland The Floating Press
Summary:
Fans of social realism will appreciate the surprisingly nuanced and multi-faceted perspective on Victorian era morals and mores offered in Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's sweeping novel Ruth. The story follows the fortune of Ruth, an orphan who is tricked into an intimate relationship with an aristocrat who later abandons her when she is pregnant with his child. Ruth, distraught, struggles with the social strictures that paint her as an irredeemable sinner...
Notes:
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ISBN:
9781775450054
1775450058

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