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A collection of twenty-eight stories that presents portrayals of the lives of ordinary New Englanders of Freeman's era. It depicts rebellion against oppressive social and private conditions.

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“Mary Wilkins Freeman’s best stories are subtle, moving, and grounded in extraordinary detail.”—Susan Allen Toth
“Freeman is one of the most interesting and powerful writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This collection includes several of her greatest stories, including ‘A New England Nun,’ ‘A Poetess,’ ‘The Revolt of “Mother,”’ and ‘Old Woman Magoun,’ and will serve as a good introduction to her work.”—Josephine Donovan, University of Maine

A Mary Wilkins Freeman Reader

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      Publisher: MQ - University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780803268944, 978-0803268944
      ISBN10: 0803268947
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of twenty-eight stories that presents portrayals of the lives of ordinary New Englanders of Freeman's era. It depicts rebellion against oppressive social and private conditions.

      Trade Review
      “Mary Wilkins Freeman’s best stories are subtle, moving, and grounded in extraordinary detail.”—Susan Allen Toth
      “Freeman is one of the most interesting and powerful writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This collection includes several of her greatest stories, including ‘A New England Nun,’ ‘A Poetess,’ ‘The Revolt of “Mother,”’ and ‘Old Woman Magoun,’ and will serve as a good introduction to her work.”—Josephine Donovan, University of Maine

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