Fall River : an authentic narrative /
Catharine Williams (1787-1872) lived most of her life in Rhode Island, where she supported herself and her daughter by a productive literary career. Her most compelling work, Fall River, last published in 1833, recreates a notorious incident in the ill-fated town of Fall River, Massachusetts: the tr...
| Основен автор: | Williams, C. R. 1790-1872. |
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| Други автори: | Caldwell, Patricia. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Серия: |
Women writers in English 1350-1850.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=288555 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Fall River. |
| Резюме: |
Catharine Williams (1787-1872) lived most of her life in Rhode Island, where she supported herself and her daughter by a productive literary career. Her most compelling work, Fall River, last published in 1833, recreates a notorious incident in the ill-fated town of Fall River, Massachusetts: the trial of a Methodist minister for the murder of a pregnant mill worker whom it was suspected he had seduced. Williams's investigative report offers a vivid contemporary view of the lives of poor "factory girls" and of clerical corruption in the industrial towns of early New England. While ba. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxii, 170 pages) : portraits. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780195359343 0195359348 |