Ruth
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397 pages
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English
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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. When Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell's second novel, appeared in 1853 its first reviewers were less scandalized than moved and intrigued. In considering a 'fallen woman', Gaskell explores the worlds of nineteenth-century experience concerned with women and family, sexuality, love and religion. She declared of her critics: 'It has made them talk and think a little on a subject which is so painful it requires all one's bravery not to hide one's head like an ostrich.'.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gaskell, E. C. (2004). Ruth ([Penguin edition] /). Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. 2004. Ruth. Penguin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Ruth Penguin, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Ruth [Penguin edition] /, Penguin, 2004.
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