Ruth
By: Elizabeth Gaskell ; edited with an introduction by Alan Shelston.
Series: The World's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Unmarried mothers -- Fiction.; Mothers and sons -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Description: "Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. Mrs Gaskell tells the story of Ruth's love for her child; her new life in the home of Thurston Benson, a dissenting minister; the misery caused by the tyrannical Mr. Bradshaw, in whose house she finds employment as a governess; and the cruel twist of fate that confronts her again with her worthless lover, with appalling consequences"--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: 1853.