Ruth (Penguin Classics)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
ISBN 10: 0140434305 ISBN 13: 9780140434309
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1997
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Ruth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. When she loses her job and home, he offers her comfort and shelter, only to cruelly desert her soon after. Nearly dead with grief and shame, Ruth is offered the chance of a new life among people who give her love and respect, even though they are at first unaware of her secret - an illegitimate child. When Henry enters her life again, however, Ruth must make the impossible choice between social acceptance and personal pride. In writing Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell daringly confronted prevailing views about sin and illegitimacy with her compassionate and honest portrait of a 'fallen woman'.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) wrote her first novel, MARY BARTON, in 1848 as a distraction from her sorrow at the death of her only son in infancy. It won the attention of Dickens and was followed by 5 other full-length novels as well as numerous short stories and novellas.
Angus Easson is Professor of English at Salford University. He has written widely on Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Titel: Ruth (Penguin Classics)
Verlag: Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good