Ruth

by Elizabeth Gaskell · 1853

A seamstress seduced and abandoned raises her son in secrecy as a respectable widow, until her past threatens to destroy them. Gaskell's compassionate plea against the ruin of the fallen woman.

Books mentioned in Ruth (1)

• Lexicon totius Latinitatis (Facciolati's Latin Lexicon) by Jacopo Facciolati: “Take my Facciolati to Johnson's, he will advance upon it; it is the third row, bottom shelf.”