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Life in the Iron Mills
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This 1861 novella was the first published work by Rebecca Harding Davis: writer, social reformer, and pioneer of literary realism. It tells the story of Hugh Wolfe, a Welsh laborer in an iron mill who is also a talented sculptor, and of Deborah, the hunchbacked woman who unrequitedly loves him. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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Rebecca Harding Davis
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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