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Life in the Iron Mills, and Other Stories by Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910; Olsen, Tillie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Life in the Iron Mills, and Other Stories about?

This 1861 classic of social realism--the first book to be reprinted by the Feminist Press in its series of rediscovered women writers--remains a powerful evocation of what Davis herself called "thwarted, wasted lives . . . mighty hungers . . . and unawakened powers." The <i>New York Times Book Review</i> said of the novella: "You must read this book and let your heart be broken." With an insightful biographical essay by Tillie Olsen, and with two short stories never before anthologized, this exp

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910; Olsen, Tillie
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published
1985
Language
EN
ISBN
9780935312393
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, History
Rating
3.41 / 5 (237 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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