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Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time is a roman à clef by Fanny Fern (pen name of Sara Payson Willis), a popular 19th-century newspaper writer. Following on her meteoric rise to fame as a columnist, she signed a contract in February 1854 to write a full-length novel.
- Fanny Fern
- 1854
Ruth Hall (born Ruth Gloria Blasco Ibáñez; December 29, 1910 – October 9, 2003) was an American film actress. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Hall was a 1929 graduate of Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Hall was a great-niece of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, the Spanish novelist.
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.
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Feb 1, 1997 · 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...
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- Fanny Fern
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- 1854
Ruth Hall is a 1855 novel by Fanny Fern, a pseudonym of Sara Payson Willis Parton, who advocated women's economic independence and portrayed a woman who achieved success through her own perseverance and self-reliance. The novel was criticized by conventional reviewers for its unconventional and radical themes, but it reflects Fern's own experience of poverty, abuse, and powerlessness as a woman.
Feb 1, 1997 · 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.
- Fanny Fern
