{"product_id":"ruth-paperback-1","title":"Ruth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAngus Easson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAngus Easson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. When she loses her job and home, he offers her comfort and shelter, only to cruelly desert her soon after. Nearly dead with grief and shame, Ruth is offered the chance of a new life among people who give her love and respect, even though they are at first unaware of her secret - an illegitimate child. When Henry enters her life again, however, Ruth must make the impossible choice between social acceptance and personal pride. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn writing \u003cb\u003eRuth\u003c\/b\u003e, Elizabeth Gaskell daringly confronted prevailing views about sin and illegitimacy with her compassionate and honest portrait of a 'fallen woman'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1810, but she spent her formative years in Cheshire, Stratford-upon-Avon and the north of England. In 1832 she married the Reverend William Gaskell, who became well known as the minister of the Unitarian Chapel in Manchester's Cross Street. As well as leading a busy domestic life as minister's wife and mother of four daughters, she worked among the poor, traveled frequently and wrote. \u003cb\u003eMary Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (1848) was her first success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years later she began writing for Dickens's magazine, \u003cb\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/b\u003e, to which she contributed fiction for the next thirteen years, notably a further industrial novel, \u003cb\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/b\u003e (1855). In 1850 she met and secured the friendship of Charlotte Brontë. After Charlotte's death in March 1855, Patrick Brontë chose his daughter's friend and fellow-novelist to write The \u003cb\u003eLife of Charlotte Brontë\u003c\/b\u003e (1857), a probing and sympathetic account, that has attained classic stature. Elizabeth Gaskell's position as a clergyman's wife and as a successful writer introduced her to a wide circle of friends, both from the professional world of Manchester and from the larger literary world. Her output was substantial and completely professional. Dickens discovered her resilient strength of character when trying to impose his views on her as editor of \u003cb\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/b\u003e. She proved that she was not to be bullied, even by such a strong-willed man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer later works, \u003cb\u003eSylvia's Lovers\u003c\/b\u003e (1863), \u003cb\u003eCousin Phillis\u003c\/b\u003e (1864) and \u003cb\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/b\u003e (1866) reveal that she was continuing to develop her writing in new literary directions. Elizabeth Gaskell died suddenly in November 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.76 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753710944544,"sku":"9780140434309","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d59103fea8d8187c6cab9cf422a2323.webp?v=1780026034","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ruth-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}