Life in the iron mills

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 issues vital to Davis's nineteenth century. Special attention is given to nineteenth-century American discussions of work and social class, moral and social reform, the development of American art and industry, and the position of the woman writer.

First sentence: A cloudy day: do you know what that is in a town of iron-works?

Year

1861

Language

English

Publisher

ReadHowYouWant.com

Editions

4

Pages

100

ISBN

9781425015527

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