English language and literature 2nd faculty

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This book depicts three lower – class women. The biographical accounts of these three women all have hints of the French style of literary realism as well as the American psychological theory.

Genre: realistic novel

Published: 1909

The three stories:

“ The Good Anna”

“ Melanctha”

“ The Gentle Lena”

SETTING AND CONTEXT

The events of all three stories take place in Bridgepoint. Three different women, the good Anna, Melanctha and Lena, live their lives, cope with different struggles and, eventually, fail to reach happiness. It should be mentioned that they don’t know each other and their stories are not interlinked

Charactirization system

Anna Federner—

the good Anna is a character of the first story. She is a great altruist, who is always ready to save those who are in need.