{"product_id":"ruth-hall-a-domestic-tale-of-the-present-time-paperback","title":"Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present TIme - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFanny Fern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Belasco\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSusan Belasco\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRuth Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the bestselling novels of the 1850s, Fanny Fern drew heavily on her own experiences: the death of her first child and her beloved husband, a bitter estrangement from her family, and her struggle to make a living as a writer. Written as a series of short vignettes and snatches of overheard conversations, it is as unconventional in style as in substance and strikingly modern in its impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFanny Fern\u003c\/b\u003e was born Sara Willis in 1811. She was an American newspaper columnist, humorist, novelist, and author of children's books in the 1850s through the 1870s. Fern's popularity is attributed to her conversational style that struck a chord with her intellectual female readers. Some of her published works include \u003ci\u003eRuth Hall, Fanny Ford, Rose Clark, Little Fern's for Fanny's Little Friends, The Play-Day Book, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Story Book for Children. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Belasco\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of English and women's studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She edited Margaret Fuller's \u003ci\u003eSummer on the Lakes\u003c\/i\u003e and Fanny Fern's \u003ci\u003eRuth Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, and coedited several collections of essays and anthologies of American literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bedford Anthology of American Literature, Volumes I \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eII, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.58 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759217639712,"sku":"9780140436402","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31e03ec75458e7f92632c325d134cb4e.webp?v=1780145798","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ruth-hall-a-domestic-tale-of-the-present-time-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}