The complete online text of Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811-1 July 1896), prolific novelist, is remembered today for Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the daughter of the distinguished Congregational minister Lyman Beecher and Roxanna Foote. The family...

The impact created in 1852 by the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin of Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) made her the most widely known American woman writer of the 19th century. Harriet Beecher Stowe's personality and her work are mint products of her c...

Once feted as the author of the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century and among the best-paid writers of her day, Harriet Beecher Stowe fell into critical obscurity when literary modernists dismissed sentimental literature. More recently, Stowe's...

Byline: David Phelps; Staff Writer RSEC: + Three Plymouth women suspected they had a winner on their hands when passers-by would stop to stare at their homemade outdoor Christmas ornaments. One driver even got out of her car to take a...

As you drive through streets aglow with unearthly radiance, you may wonder, how did this tradition of Christmas lights begin? And why has it become a mammoth December burn-a-thon? We have compiled a few enlightening facts about this illuminating custom. Many religious...