Life in the Iron Mills: And Other Stories by Rebecca Harding Davis I Talk Like a River Notes to the Introduction

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Life in the Iron Mills: And Other Stories by Rebecca Harding Davis I Talk Like a River Notes to the IntroductionRecovered for a new generation of feminist readers, this revolutionary depiction of the American working poor was one of the first literary critiques of industrial capitalism by a nineteenth century proletarian. Originally published in 1861 in the Atlantic Monthly, "Life in the Iron Mills" remains a classic of proletarian literature that paints a bleak and incisive portrait of nineteenth century industrial America. Rebecca Harding Davis was one of the