There is an assize-town in one of the eastern counties which was much distinguished by the Tudor sovereigns, and, in consequence of their favour and protection, attained a degree of importance that surprises the modern traveller.Ī hundred years ago its appearance was that of picturesque grandeur. ~ Phineas FletcherĬHAPTER I The Dressmaker’s Apprentice at Work The story takes up the issue of fallen women in Victorian society, and is based upon the true tale of a dressmaker who was shunned after bearing a child out of wedlock. ![]() ![]() Novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, whose husband was a Unitarian minister, forbade her own daughters from reading it - and she lamented that its subject matter had prompted two of her male acquaintances to burn their copies. Ruth was a controversial novel, at the time of its publication.
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