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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Great Depression in the United States

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 of America
surface form: United States

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Martha Gellhorn notableWork The Trouble I’ve Seen