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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. Attractive single volume 336 pages. Unread condition tight and clean. No jacket as issued. The controversial novel by Mrs. Gaskell. First published in England in three vs. in 1853. Beautiful poor heroine, Ruth, who bears an illegitimate son. Her life is filled with good works meant to expiate her sins. Unlike our American novel, The Scarlet Letter, which was published about the same time but the attitude of the unwed mother Hester, is much more defiant and proud and not so guilt ridden.…