Ruth: A Social Novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
- ISBN-10
- 1729645127
- ISBN-13
- 9781729645123
- Series
- Ruth
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-11-05
- Author
- Elizabeth Gaskell
Description
Ruth is a social novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853. It is dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. Gaskell's Ruth tells us about a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fallen woman'. The main heroineof this story is a type of person normally outcast from respectable society. The novel describes the life of a young woman from a poor family who became an orphan very early. She must to pay for her love to the aristocrat till the end of her life...
