Maybe I'll read Ruth, as thats my name :D hehehe! I've looked on the 1001 books to read before you die list and Mary Barton is on there (along with North and South and Cranford) so that might be a good one to read first..and then I do like things about Whitby, haha, so maybe I'll read that one too!

might just have to go to the library and see which one they have I think :) thanks for the recommendations! :)