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    <body><![CDATA[It's funny; Gaskell's novels seems to me to be what everyone thinks of as a &quot;Victorian novel,&quot; and yet she is not really read or taught widely. Just a thought.<br/><br/>Unlike some of the other readers, I did not love the character of Ruth. A lot of people say that Victorian heroines are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11682854">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Others might have found this book problematic because of all the scriptural references that Mrs. Gaskell quotes but I found it refreshing and loveable.  Her writing is very sympathatic towards Ruth although not all of the characters in this novel are near being as Christ-like as Mr. and Miss Benson....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9915897">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really, really enjoyed this book.  Written in 1853, it covers the life of young Ruth Hilton, an innocent orphan.  She is led astray by a charming young man and ends up abandoned and pregnant.  An interesting subject for the time period, but Gaskell handles it tactfully.  The first part of the book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15894459">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When RUTH was published in 1853, Mrs Gaskell was sure it would be too disturbing for the Victorian readers, it would be surely condemned as “unfit subject for fiction”. Instead her bravery and mastery were rewarded by the favourable, thoughtful and often lengthy notices her second novel received...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80102095">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the fact that this book was not nearly as moralistic as other books from the 19th century. While Mrs. Gaskall was undoubtedly 'religious' she also had a very practical and sympathetic gaze on her fellow men/women. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gaskell succeeds again at writing a captivating story with fascinating characters and thought-provoking themes.  All of her books portray her intense social conscience, but each depicts a variety of conflicts, thus creating a fresh experience with each book.  &quot;Ruth&quot; describes a society tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44515046">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a bit skeptical about this book because it's about an unmarried girl who becomes pregnant as a teenager.  Because of the author, and the time period it was written, I decided to try it anyway.  I loved it!  It's an amazing story of repentance and forgiveness, a totally different type of story ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57277386">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38307579">
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended by a friend, and I loved it.  It was such a good story and the characters had so much depth to them.  Gaskell does a great job weaving the characters lives together and how they all affect each other in one way or another.  She makes you wonder what you would do if you happ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38307579">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55656465">
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    <body><![CDATA[I just can't come up with the words that I want to express how I felt about this book.  With all of Elizabeth Gaskell's books I have been so impressed with how well she truly understood the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well as the basic principles that all men need to work together and be successful.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55656465">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why had I never heard of this book before? I picked it up on a whim as it was the only remotely interesting looking audio book on shelf at the library. I ended up falling in love with it. Oh, in some ways the format was predictable, I suppose, but I really did get to know and love many of the charac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10736583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a strange mix of sentimental and unconventional. The heroine is a bit too perfect, like a typical heroine in an 18th- or 19th-century sentimental novel. Even though early on she makes one big mistake and engages in behavior that at the time was thought to be sinful and even wicked (sha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8694008">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this a very disappointing read as I have read other novels by Mrs Gaskell and thoroughly enjoyed them. Perhaps the social and political point she was trying to make about unmarried motherhood got in the way of her usual style. The book reads too much like a treatise: Ruth as a character is f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56303986">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really enjoying discovering Elizabeth Gaskell.  It is interesting to see how we treat &quot;fallen&quot; women now differently than they did.  It's good that we don't treat women and their children as outcasts, but have we gone too far and become too accepting?<br/><br/>I like how Ruth stuggle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37413410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as 'North and South' or 'Mary Barton'. That is mainly due to the fact that Ruth is such a weedy character. I realise that a lot of women were, in the Victorian era, but that doesn't mean one should write books about them! It was sad, yes, and I pitied how Ruth's was mistreated, but I fel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57954370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This beautifully written masterpiece questions the belief that an individual, having once sinned, is no longer of any value to society for the remainder of her life.  Gaskell explores the Christian ideals of repentance, forgiveness, mercy and withholding judgment. It truly is a little known treasure...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78865692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book!  I hope to read this at least once a year for the rest of my life.  It's beautiful and what it teaches seems almost sacred.  I want to be like Ruth.  She starts out as a young girl who is naiive and immature in her thinking and decisions, and we get to watch her make choices and grow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37489331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book. Ruth is the embodiment of inner beauty and she is physically also gorgeous. Her inner strength and faith are beautifully portrayed in this book. I laughed and cried, and enjoyed every word.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say??? I LOVE Elizabeth Gaskell!!! <br/><br/>If you've ever read Tess of the D'Ubervilles, throw the book away (if you were crazy enough to buy it) and read this one!! Soooooooo good!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my first &quot;Mrs. Gaskell&quot; book. I need to reread it to review it adequately, but I remember thinking about the characters and plot a lot when I was reading it. I liked it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ruth was definitely a tear jerker. But I liked the way it was written, and the story line was exceptionally exciting. All in all, it was a very good book.]]></body>
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