The orphaned heroine Ruth is seduced then abandoned by wealthy Henry Bellingham. Shamed in society's eyes by her illegitimate son, yet rejecting the opportunity to marry her seducer, Ruth affirms that we are not bound to repeat our mistakes.
ISBN: | 9780140434309 |
Publication date: | 31st July 1997 |
Author: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Angus Easson |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 394 pages |
Series: | Penguin Classics |
Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |