Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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"Ruth" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel published in 1853. When fifteen-year-old orphan Ruth Hilton is seduced and abandoned by a wealthy gentleman, she finds herself pregnant and cast out from respectable society. Taken in by a compassionate minister and his sister, Ruth is given a new identity as a widow to protect her from scandal. As she builds a life as a governess and nurse, her past threatens to surface,
forcing a reckoning with Victorian society's harsh judgment of fallen women. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ruth |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_(novel) |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Mothers and sons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Unmarried mothers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Religious fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4275 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Jul 9, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 720 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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