Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Brief Summary Ruth is brought to the caring world of Mrs. Hughes’ Inn– the poky one across the way from Mrs. Morgan’s that Henry Bellingham mentioned earlier; his judgment once more is shown to be based solely on appearances. Mr. Benson is in some pain and resting but he implores Ruth…
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Chapter Seven – Analysis
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Brief Summary Ruth does her best to nurse Henry but when his mother, Mrs. Bellingham, arrives she is pushed aside and kept in ignorance of how he’s doing. Mrs. Bellingham is furious at Ruth trapping Henry, for that is the only thing she believes could have happened. Analysis We see…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Ch. 7 Visual Annotation – Ruth’s Vigil
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Once again Gaskell creates very vivid imagery, here are photos to help interpret it: Photo © James Bremmer On the other side were two windows, cut into the thick stone wall, and flower-pots were placed on the shelves thus formed, where great untrimmed, straggling geraniums grew, and strove to reach…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Chapter Six – Analysis
Gaskell Blog © Guest Contributor: Kim Egolf Brief Summary Chapter 6 opens with a glimpse of how the townsfolk see Ruth: they think she is a knowingly sinful creature of low morals. Ruth is oblivious to this judgment until she encounters a young boy named Harry. As Ruth stoops to kiss Harry’s baby sister, he…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Ch. 5 Annotation – “Pentre Voelas”
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. When Jenny tells Mr. Bellingham that the Inn is full, he replies: “Nay, Jenny, you’re strangely altered, if you can turn out an old friend on such an evening as this. If I remember right, Pen tre Voelas [sic] is twenty miles across the bleakest mountain-road I ever saw.” Mrs. Gaskell…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Ch. 5 Annotation – Maneg Ellyllyn, or Foxgloves
Gaskell Blog © Guest Contributor: Kim Egolf In Chapter 5, Henry and Ruth settle into life together at the inn of a small town in North Wales. On one afternoon when the weather is nice, Ruth ventures out into the beautiful countryside. On her walk, she meets another inhabitant of the town. They walk together, quietly appreciating…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Chapter Five – Analysis
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Brief Summary We rejoin Ruth and Mr. Bellingham in North Wales. Ruth is captivated by the beauty of scenery, he is irritated at the changeable weather and unable to amuse himself, becomes cross at Ruth’s inability to play cards. Ruth goes out for a walk and comes to a stream. She…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Ch. 4 A Visual Tour of “The Hill of The Hundred”
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. After Ruth and Henry have left Millham Grange we’re taken on a beautiful track, the descriptions are detailed and Eden-like; Let’s explore Gaskell’s prose with some photographs: …Ruth and Mr. Bellingham plunged through the broken ground to regain the road near the wayside inn. Hand-in-hand, now pricked by the far-spreading gorse,…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Chapter Four – Analysis
Gaskell Blog © Guest Contributor: Kim Egolf Brief Summary Ruth and Henry travel to Milham Grange, Ruth’s childhood home. It is an idyllic place, blooming with fresh flowers and memories. As they approach the house, they hear Old Thomas — one of the local laborers who is now steward of the Grange — reading Bible…
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