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Ruth

Ruth

Ruth

Elizabeth Gaskell

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Norilana Books
Año de edición:
2008
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781934648483

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RUTH (1853) by Elizabeth Gaskell is a compassionate story of a young woman seduced by a gentleman.Ruth Hilton is a gently tragic Victorian heroine, the fallen woman who redeems herself by a life of charity, after she is taken in by a pastor and his family and given the veneer of respectability. But it is Ruth’s own inner strength of heart, deeds, and moral standing that ultimately reaffirm her.

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