Life in the Iron Mills
A shocking rendering of poverty, tragedy, and desperation in the American North This shocking depiction of the lives of impoverished Welsh miners in the American North was one of the first novels to expose the brutal realities facing the nation's poor. Rebecca Harding Davis casts an unflinching gaze into the lives of the destitute, drunk, and desperate in a work that was controversial for its honesty, but popular for its adept storytelling. The story follows Hugh Wolfe, a proud and educated yet desperately poor laborer in an iron mill, and his cousin Deborah, who breaks the law for a chance at a better life for Hugh. If they keep the ill-got…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4976-9110-0
- EAN: 9781497691100
- Produktnummer: 19296363
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'584 KB
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Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910) was an American author and journalist widely recognized as a pioneer of American realism. She is best remembered for Life in the Iron Mills.
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