Ruth
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01 - The Dressmaker’s Apprentice at Work
27:35 -
02 - Ruth Goes to the Shire-Hall
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03 - Sunday at Mrs. Mason’s
34:04 -
04 - Treading in Perilous Places
41:31 -
05 - In North Wales
20:30 -
06 - Troubles Gather About Ruth
21:04 -
07 - The Crisis - Watching and Waiting
20:09 -
08 - Mrs Bellingham
27:53 -
09 - The Storm spirit Subdued
9:25 -
10 - A Note and the Answer
13:27 -
11 - Thurstan and Faith Benson
34:07 -
12 - Losing Sight of the Welsh Mountains
26:36 -
13 - The Dissenting Minister’s household
30:07 -
14 - Ruth’s First sunday at eccleston
22:28 -
15 - Mother and Child
22:14 -
16 - Sally Tells of her Sweehearts, and Discourses on the Duties of Life
33:50 -
17 - Leonard’s Christening
31:25 -
18 - Ruth Becomes a Governess in Mr. Bradshaw’s Family
25:54 -
19 - After Five Years
34:49 -
20 - Jemima Refuses to be Managed
51:44 -
21 - Mr Farquhar’s Attentions Transferred
36:19 -
22 - The Liberal Candidate and his Precursor
36:31 -
23 - Recognition
58:52 -
24 - The Meeting on the Sands
43:22 -
25 - Jemima Makes A Discovery
52:38 -
26 - Mr Bradshaw’s Virtuous Indignation
34:58 -
27 - Preparing to Stand on the Truth
52:47 -
28 - An Understanding Between Lovers
33:30 -
29 - Sally Takes Her Money Out of the Bank
32:38 -
30 - The Forged Deed
38:15 -
31 - An Accident to the Dover Coach
22:49 -
32 - The Bradshaw Pew Again Occupied
17:45 -
33 - A Mother to be Proud Of
20:15 -
34 - I Must Go and Nurse Mr. Bellingham
29:38 -
35 - Out of Darkness Into Light
12:37 -
36 - The End
23:41
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Snow covers the town outside while Ruth Hilton works through the early hours in Mrs Mason's dressmaking room. The weary apprentices receive half an hour to eat before returning to their stitching. Through the contrast between elaborate clothes and the labour behind them, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell gives this domestic novel a concrete starting point. The opening also traces the changing streets of an English county town and considers how everyday surroundings shape character and limit individual choice.
In a later scene, Ruth prepares for a visit to the Bradshaw family with help from Miss Benson. Leonard admires his mother, Miss Benson lends gloves, and Mr Benson offers roses from his garden. These small acts of care sit beside conversations about marriage, expectations and private disappointment. Published in 1853, the novel offers readers interested in motherhood and social judgment a view of those concerns through workrooms, family visits and the details of household life.
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- Victorian Literature
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- Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)