Ruth: The 1853 Literary Fiction Classic

About Ruth“The daily life into which people are born, and into which they are absorbed before they are well aware, forms chains which only one in a hundred has moral strength enough to despise, and to break when the right time comes.”Ruth is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1853. The novel recounts the story of Ruth, a young orphan who works as a seamstress and catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham.On losing her job and home, her life is upended and she is unsure where to turn for help. Questioning the prevalent social views on illegitimacy and sin, Gaskell’s choice of subject was a bold one at the time of its release. A powerful, absorbing literary classic, and an unmissable read.