Four Stories by American Women
Rebecca Harding Davis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah OrneJewett, Edith Wharton
$33.32
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 December 1990
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140390766 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140390766 |
| Author: | Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Sarah Higginson Begley, Monica L. Kearney |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 1990 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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