
Life in the iron mills, and other stories: Second Edition
Short stories, General fiction, History, General non-fiction, Historical biography, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The title piece, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in April 1861, tells the story of an artist living in one of the early industrial towns of America and portrays the deprivation of the mill hands and their families. Also… included are "The Wife's Story," "Anne," and a biographical sketch of Rebecca Harding Davis. These describe the lives of women constrained by society and by their own senses of duty