This definitive edition reprints the text of Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron-Mills together with a broad selection of historical and cultural documents that open up the novella to the consideration of a range social and cultural ...
It was a curious fancy in the man, almost a passion.” - Rebecca Harding Davis, Life in the Iron Mills Life in the Iron Mills is one of the first American novels that depicts the precarious state of the impoverished working class. ‘Molly ...
The narrator cautions the reader to have an objective mind, and to not be quick to judge the character in the story he she is about to tell the reader. The narrator begins to introduce Deborah, Wolfe's cousin.
This reissued edition includes an updated critical introduction by labor journalist Kim Kelly, and shares a uniquely prescient capitalist critique with a new generation.
How is this book unique?
Life in the Iron Mills is a short story written by Rebecca Harding Davis in 1861, set in the factory world of the nineteenth century.
Supplemental material included in this edition includes: Brief Biography of the Author Literary Notes for Study Quick Facts for reference This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.