The Trouble I’ve Seen

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The Trouble I’ve Seen is a collection of Depression-era short stories by journalist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, noted for its stark, compassionate portrayal of social hardship in 1930s America.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Martha Gellhorn ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorOccupationOfAuthor journalist ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
depicts impoverished families ⓘ
social workers ⓘ
unemployed workers ⓘ
women in poverty ⓘ
genre Depression-era fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasTheme effects of economic collapse ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
inequality ⓘ
marginalized communities ⓘ
resilience in adversity ⓘ
social responsibility ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm realist fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance early example of Martha Gellhorn’s socially engaged fiction ⓘ
mainSubject Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

economic hardship ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
women’s lives ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStyle journalistic realism ⓘ
stark prose ⓘ
narrativeTone compassionate ⓘ
notableFor Depression-era realism ⓘ
compassionate depiction of the poor ⓘ
stark portrayal of social hardship ⓘ
portrays Depression-era social conditions ⓘ
relief work and welfare ⓘ
rural hardship ⓘ
urban hardship ⓘ
settingPeriod 1930s ⓘ
settingPlace United States ⓘ

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Martha Gellhorn → notableWork → The Trouble I’ve Seen ⓘ
Martha Gellhorn → notableWork → The Trouble I’ve Seen ⓘ
subject linked to: Martha Gellhorn Hemingway