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Life in the Mills is the devastating story of a poverty stricken factory worker in the 19th century, an immigrant to the US from Wales who had hoped for a better life. A true artist, Hugh Wolfe, uses cast offs from the iron mills to fashion statues that depict his hopelessness. When his cousin steals a wallet from a wealthy visitor to the factory in hopes of allowing Hugh the freedom to pursue art, both their lives are destroyed. Rebecca Harding published this story anonymously in the Atlantic in 1861. It won instant fame and is one of the earliest American realist works. It explores factory life in nineteenth century America and is a critique of American capitalism, labor issues and women’s rights.

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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. A Note from the Publisher
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  1. Life in the Iron Mills
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  1. A Biographical Interpretation
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  1. The Wife's Story
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  1. Anne
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