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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Rebecca Harding Davis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edith Wharton

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