Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Fern, Fanny (1811–1872).
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"Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time" by Fanny Fern is a novel published in 1854. This autobiographical story follows Ruth from blissful marriage through devastating loss to desperate poverty. Widowed with two young daughters and abandoned by wealthy relatives, Ruth struggles to survive in a boarding house near a slum. When all conventional paths fail, she turns to writing under a pen name. Her journey captures one woman's fight for independence in nineteenth-century America, where financial survival and family loyalty collide.
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- Title: Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time
- Author credits: Fern, Fanny (1811–1872)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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