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In Ruth 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 Penguin Classics

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    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 7/31/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780140436402, 978-0140436402
    ISBN10: 0140436405
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In Ruth 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.

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