Name: Ruth
ISBN: 9781625585332

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Compassion and Consequence

A Victorian novel of social judgment, concealed truths, and compassion for a woman society condemns.

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A humane portrait of stigma and constrained choices
Tension between private secrets and public respectability

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A sustained narrative shaped by social consequences
Compassion without easy answers

Book Details

Authors: Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: March 1, 2013
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: 20th-Century Historical Romance · Regency Romance
Reading lane: 20th-Century Historical Romance

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Contemporary Romance
New Adult Romance

About This Book

Ruth is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a fallen woman in Victorian times. Ruth Hilton is an young orphaned seamstress who is seduced and then abandoned by gentleman Henry Bellingham. Ruth, pregnant and alone, is taken in by a minister and his sister. They conceal her single status under the pretense of widowhood in order to protect her child from the social stigma of illegitimacy. Ruth goes on to gain a respectable position in society as a governess, which is thre...

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Ruth is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a fallen woman in Victorian times. Ruth Hilton is an young orphaned seamstress who is seduced and then abandoned by gentleman Henry Bellingham. Ruth, pregnant and alone, is taken in by a minister and his sister. They conceal her single status under the pretense of widowhood in order to protect her child from the social stigma of illegitimacy. Ruth goes on to gain a respectable position in society as a governess, which is threatened by the return of Bellingham and the revelation of her secret.