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Margret Howth

Pages
266
Published
1862
Language
English

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About the author

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Rebecca Harding Davis

Rebecca Harding Davis wrote powerful stories about industrial life and the American South. Her most notable works include the novella Life in the Iron Mills and the collection Stories of the South. She was a significant voice in 19th-century American realism.

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Margret HowthProtagonist

A young, intelligent orphan working in a mill town who becomes the narrator and central figure of the story's social critique.

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