Ruth
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Book 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 bare Victorian hypocrisy and sexual double-standards. Shocking to contemporary readers, its radical utopian vision of "a pure woman faithfully ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
Binding | Paperback (77 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 416 |
ISBN-10 | 0199581959 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0199581955 |
Publication Date | 06/15/2011 |
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About Tim Dolin (Editor) : Tim Dolin is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Tim Dolin include Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics), and The ... more
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