01692cam a22003613u 4500 4275 UtSlPG 20260610133123.0 m cr n 260607r2003||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 Ruth Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2003 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_(novel) Release date is 2003-07-01 E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "Ruth" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel published in 1853. When fifteen-year-old orphan Ruth Hilton is seduced and abandoned by a wealthy gentleman, she finds herself pregnant and cast out from respectable society. Taken in by a compassionate minister and his sister, Ruth is given a new identity as a widow to protect her from scandal. As she builds a life as a governess and nurse, her past threatens to surface, forcing a reckoning with Victorian society's harsh judgment of fallen women. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Mothers and sons -- Fiction Unmarried mothers -- Fiction Religious fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4275 46321 46321