Ruth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaskell, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (678 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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...

Contents:

Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Dressmaker's Apprentice at Work; Chapter II - Ruth Goes to the Shire- Hall; Chapter III - Sunday at Mrs Mason's; Chapter IV - Treading in Perilous Places; Chapter V - In North Wales; Chapter VI - Troubles Gather About Ruth; Chapter VII - The Crisis- Watching and Waiting; Chapter VIII - Mrs Bellingham ""Does the Thing Handsomely""; Chapter IX - The Storm-Spirit Subdued; Chapter X - A Note and the Answer; Chapter XI - Thurstan and Faith Benson; Chapter XII - Losing Sight of the Welsh Mountains; Chapter XIII - The Dissenting Minister's Household

Chapter XIV - Ruth's First Sunday at EcclestonChapter XV - Mother and Child; Chapter XVI - Sally Tells of Her Sweethearts, and Discourses on the Duties of Life; Chapter XVII - Leonard's Christening; Chapter XVIII - Ruth Becomes a Governess in Mr Bradshaw's Family; Chapter XIX - After Five Years; Chapter XX - Jemima Refuses to Be Managed; Chapter XXI - Mr Farquhar's Attentions Transferred; Chapter XXII - The Liberal Candidate and His Precursor; Chapter XXIII - Recognition; Chapter XXIV - The Meeting on the Sands; Chapter XXV - Jemima Makes a Discovery

Chapter XXVI - Mr Bradshaw's Virtuous IndignationChapter XXVII - Preparing to Stand on the Truth; Chapter XXVIII - An Understanding Between Lovers; Chapter XXIX - Sally Takes Her Money Out of the Bank; Chapter XXX - The Forged Deed; Chapter XXXI - An Accident to the Dover Coach; Chapter XXXII - The Bradshaw Pew Again Occupied; Chapter XXXIII - A Mother to Be Proud Of; Chapter XXXIV - ""I Must Go and Nurse Mr Bellingham""; Chapter XXXV - Out of Darkness into Light; Chapter XXXVI - The End

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77651-531-5

OCLC:

701704958