Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present TIme
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InRuth Hall, one of the bestselling novels of the 1850s, Fanny Fern drew heavily on her own experiences: the death of her first child and her beloved husband, a bitter estrangement from her family, and her struggle to make a living as a writer. Written as a series of short vignettes and snatches of overheard conversations, it is as unconventional in style as in substance and strikingly modern in its impact.
Author: Fanny Fern
Format: Paperback, 336 pages, 127mm x 196mm, 266 g
Published: 1997, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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InRuth Hall, one of the bestselling novels of the 1850s, Fanny Fern drew heavily on her own experiences: the death of her first child and her beloved husband, a bitter estrangement from her family, and her struggle to make a living as a writer. Written as a series of short vignettes and snatches of overheard conversations, it is as unconventional in style as in substance and strikingly modern in its impact.
Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present TIme