
Ruth
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Narrator: Laura Sears
Unabridged: 16 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Robert Larson
Published: 08/27/2024
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Religious, Classic

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Narrator: Laura Sears
Unabridged: 16 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Robert Larson
Published: 08/27/2024
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Religious, Classic
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. In 1832, she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters and one son who died in infancy. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848 and won the attention of Charles Dickens; most of her later work was published in his journals. Among her notable works are the novels North and South and Cranford, as well as her famous biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte.
Gaskell as always is brilliant. I love her characterisation and dialogue and Ruth is a fascinating, interesting read, especially in terms of its discussion of morality, gender and sexuality in Victorian society.......more
I finish this with tears on my cheeks. A heartbreaking ending, but a deeply redemptive one, a radiant close. ** A friend of mine noted that Elizabeth Gaskell's novels are so different from each other. I have read North and South, Cranford, Wives and Daughters, and now Ruth, and I agree. I knew Elizabe......more