Ruth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Published in 1853, this novel features a young orphan girl named Ruth, who works in a sweatshop and is seduced by Henry Bellingham, a wealthy rake. Eventually abandoned by Bellingham, Ruth gives birth to a son, Leonard, whom she tries to raise in ignorance of the circumstances of his birth. But her past pursues her to a tragic end.

© 2011 Barnes & Noble (Ebook): 9781411463998

Release date

Ebook: 12 December 2011