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Deborah

This character in “Life in the Iron Mills” works in a cotton mill and lives in a boarding house. She is in love with a man who also lives in the boarding house and who works at the iron mill. She steals a money purse and is given three years in prison.

Hugh Wolfe

This character in “Life in the Iron Mills” is a puddler at an iron mill. During his free time at the mill, he creates sculptures out of the korl left from the iron-works process.

Janey

This character is a young girl in "Life in the Iron Mills," and lives with an iron puddler and his father.

Hester

This protagonist in “The Wife's Story” is a young woman who married a man who is much older than she.

Dr. Manning

This character in “The Wife’s Story” is an older man who has five...

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