I Dreamed A Dream was originally written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, the lyrics were written by Alain Boublil in 1980. The original Fatina that sang the song was Patti LuPone. There have been several others since, but Patti, and Ruthie here are probably the two people relate the song to the most, and quite rightly so.
Though I'm a huge fan of Patti's I think Ruthie's version is so much more passionate.