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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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Table of Contents
Rebecca Harding Davis
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Sarah Orne Jewett
Edith Wharton

Introduction by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
Life in the Iron Mills
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Souls Belated

Four Stories By American Women Life in the Iron Mills the Yellow Wallpaper the Country of the Pointed Firs Souls Belated Rebecca Harding Davis OrneJewett Edith Wharton Penguin Classics

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    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780140390766, 978-0140390766
    ISBN10: 0140390766
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    Table of Contents
    Rebecca Harding Davis
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    Sarah Orne Jewett
    Edith Wharton

    Introduction by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
    Life in the Iron Mills
    The Yellow Wallpaper
    The Country of the Pointed Firs
    Souls Belated

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