Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Rebecca Harding Davis
Born: June 24, 1831
Died: September 29, 1910 (aged 79)
Bio: Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis was an American author and journalist. She is deemed a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. She graduated valedictorian from Washington Female Seminary in Pennsylvania.
Known for:
- Life in the Iron Mills
- Waiting for the Verdict (1867)
- Margret Howth, a Story of To-day (1862)
- Frances Waldeaux (1897)