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Title: Ruth by Nancy Henry, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ISBN: 0-460-87660-0 Publisher: Everymans Library Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than any modern novel!
Comment: I picked up "Ruth" at a used book store looking for a good book to read on my vacation. Once I started, it was hard to put down! I finished the last chapters while waiting in a hot parked car for my husband - I was so engaged in the book, I didn't even notice I'd been there for a couple hours! By the time my hubby got back to the car, I was still drying my eyes from all the tears shed, and thinking that I want to name my first child Ruth!
I admire Gaskell for taking on the social and religious condemnation of single mothers - and for creating a character that so successfully redeemed herself of sin! I loved the theological questions raised by the characters regarding forgiveness and acceptance. And I loved Ruth's determination, the love and support she received from her adopted family, and the faith that she maintained despite pain and rejection from the community around her. If you like Austin, Dickens, Burney, etc. you will enjoy this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Quiet Brilliance
Comment: Elizabeth Gaskell is often referred to as the forgotten classic author and "Ruth" is a prime introduction into this obviously complex and passionate woman. "Ruth" is a truly brilliant novel dealing with the issue of a fallen woman due to an illicit affair and subsequent birth of a bastard child. This, due to the societal assumptions of morality and righteousness, lead the main character into a series of deceptions and tribulations in an attempt at redemption. Gaskell's eloquent prose engrosses the reader into the lives of the multiple characters and as it is in three volumes, much time is spent developing each individual. This allows for a true feeling and understanding of the motives and meanings behind every action. The character of Ruth is obviously the most important and Gaskell allows her to develop into an almost Christ-like figure in her beliefs, faith and actions. "Ruth" is a novel that tackles incredibly sensitive and deep subject matter and reaffirms ones belief in a higher power. This is a novel that should be introduced back into the mainstream to achieve the stature that it deserves as a classic of literature.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good example of period literature, little else
Comment: Ruth is much like many books of it's time. It often seems overwritten and contrived, and it is full of cliches and melodrama. It fails to question many sterotypes. However, it is not without redeeming value. It does have some interesting if not groundbreaking social commentary. Unless you know really love literature from this period don't bother to read Ruth. The bottom line is that there is a reason it is not a considered a great classic of literature.
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Title: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Penguin Classics) by Macdonald Daly, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ISBN: 014043464X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Wives and Daughters (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ISBN: 014243700X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Cranford (Oxford World's Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Elizabeth Porges Watson, Porges Watson ISBN: 0192832093 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Sylvia's Lovers (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell ISBN: 0460877836 Publisher: Everymans Library List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: North and South (Penguin Classics) by Patricia Ingham, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ISBN: 0140434240 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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