![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bradshaw, who highly praises Ruth seems to forget all her good qualities when he comes to know of her past. Benson’s household help, is suspicious about the truth about Ruth, she makes her cut her hair like a widow before she accepts her. Gaskell is successful in pointing out the hypocrisy prevalent in the Victorian society. Ruth has a brisk pace throughout, except in the middle where it drags a bit. The public must have been furious for writing a novel that talks about illegitimacy. But what happens when the past catches up with her?Įlizabeth Gaskell’s bravery in writing a novel that touches on such sensitive topics is commendable, especially since she is the wife of a minister. Benson and his sister and starts a new life with an invented past. After a lot of persuasion, she moves in with Mr. Benson, minister of a small congregation. Alone, abandoned, moneyless and pregnant, Ruth finds a friend in Mr. Bellingham falls ill, his mother sees it as the perfect opportunity to whisk her son away from the temptress that is Ruth. ![]() They run away and Ruth finds herself becoming his mistress. Bellingham who convinces her that he is in love with her. Sixteen year old Ruth is befriended by Mr. When Ruth Hilton’s parents die, her guardian helps her to secure the position of an apprentice at a seamstress’ shop. Elizabeth Gaskell tells the story of a fallen woman in the Victorian period in her novel Ruth. ![]()
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