Four Stories by American Women: Rebecca Harding Davis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah OrneJewett, Edith Wharton

by Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Rebecca Harding Davis, et al.

Book Overview

Representing four prominent American women writers who flourished in the period following the Civil War, this collection includes "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett, and "Souls Belated" by Edith Wharton.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140390766
• ISBN13: 9780140390766
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

If You Want to Know More About Rebecca Harding Davis

If you want to know more about Rebecca Harding Davis and the way her talent and life were subjugated to her husband's ambitions, read "Survival by Surrender" in "Something More - Excavating Your Authentic Self" by Sarah Ban Brethnach.

A wonderful look at some Early American Women's Lit.

Excellent choices. Highly recommended for your Womens Studies research or just for a pleasure read. I particularly love "The Yellow Wallpaper." A fascinating look in the shackled mind of stifled feminine creativity.

Inspired Reading

This book is inspirational as well as educational by transitioning between Romanticism and Realism. The work challenges the reader to decide whether it refers simply to the prospect of salvation for a man convicted of stealing. Also questions are raised that is it possible that through the naturalistic view that Hugh's theft he can be excused by his unfortunate environment and heredity. Davis is an insightful and thoughtful writer, and this book represents that.