Ruth [electronic resource]
Gaskell, Elizabeth2012
eBook
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. Can she and her child survive? Read Ruth to find out.
Main title:
Ruth [electronic resource] / Elizabeth Gaskell
Author:
Gaskell, Elizabeth, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Duke Classics, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 7-9
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781620121535
Language:
English
BRN:
1044908
Electronic access: