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Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences.
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Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Ruth
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2011
- ISBN10
- 0199581959
- ISBN13
- 9780199581955
- Category
- World prose
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- Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences.