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384 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199581955
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 15 June 2011
Description
Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth (1853) was the first mainstream novel to make a fallen woman its eponymous heroine. It is a remarkable story of love, of the sanctuary and tyranny of the family, and of the consequences of lies and deception, one that lays...
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384 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199581955
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 15 June 2011
Description
Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth (1853) was the first mainstream novel to make a fallen woman its eponymous heroine. It is a remarkable story of love, of the sanctuary and tyranny of the family, and of the consequences of lies and deception, one that lays...