<p>Rebecca Harding Davis's 'Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman' stands as a seminal work in the canon of American realist literature, evocatively portraying the squalid lives of 19th-century industrial workers. Through its gritty narrative and sophisticated use of symbolism, the novella invites readers into the bleak world of a mill laborer, Hugh Wolfe. Davis's prose weaves a vivid tapestry of the social conditions and existential despair...