On one level, this is an eminently readable 19th-century novel (published in 1882) about one of the first women to practice medicine in New England, who, after a long courtship/battle with a patient,
The Silent Partner(1871) and “The Tenth of January” (1868) were among the earliest realistic portrayals of industrial life — and social injustice — in the United States. The novel focuses on Sip, a mi
