Four Stories by American Women

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. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 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.