Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis

"Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman" by Rebecca Harding Davis is a short story written in 1861. Set in nineteenth-century factory life, it follows Hugh Wolfe and his cousin Deborah, immigrant ironworkers struggling with poverty, disease, and brutal labor conditions. This pioneering work of American realism exposes the bleak existence of industrial workers, challenging readers to confront the human cost of progress. Through an unnamed narrator's window, Davis unveils a forgotten story of suffering and survival in the mill-town darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910
Title Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman
Note First published in The Atlantic Monthly, April 1861.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_the_Iron_Mills
Credits Produced by an Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Women iron and steel workers -- Fiction
Subject Feminism -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 876
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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