A New England Nun Summary
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

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A New England Nun Summary

When "A New England Nun" was first published in A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891), Mary Wilkins Freeman was already an established author of short stories and children's literature. Her first book of short stories, A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887), had received considerable critical and popular attention, and she published stories in such notable journals as Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Monthly, and the New York Sunday Budget.

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman Biographies (3)

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

6,636 words, approx. 23 pages

The life of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman has too often been compared to that of the spinsters who populate much of her fiction. Although she lived most of her life in small New England villages and did not... Read more

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman ranks among the foremost interpreters of New England village and rural life. Though she may correctly be described as a local colorist, she is much more, for in her short stori... Read more

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

3,392 words, approx. 12 pages

A small doll-like woman, who never wished to grow old and yet came to resemble so many of her aging heroines, created in her fiction the heart of New England's life and ethos. Mary Wilkins Freeman cre... Read more

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