Marietta Holley used the conventional mother-wit, dialect comic style common in the nineteenth century to fashion a folksy, rustic philosopher named Samantha Smith Allen, who, according to one critic, entertained "as large an audience ... as has been...

Holley was a well-known regional novelist of late-nineteenth-century America. Her folksy, opinionated, and comic characters garnered much commercial success in her day, and she was often compared to Mark Twain. Her work explores topical issues such as...

Marietta Holley (1836-1926), was a popular United States humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Her successful series of "Samantha" books revolved around the character of Samantha Allen, a wise small-town woman who went on...

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Founded in 1903 by George and Earl Holley, Holley Motor Co. introduced the Motorette, inspiring Henry Ford to request a carburetor for his Model T. The carburetor, called the Iron Pot, became standard on Ford vehicles as well as the curved-dash Oldsmobile. Over the...

In the following essay from her book-length study on Holley's work, Curry discusses the defining characteristics of Holley's first novel.

In the following essay, Templin traces the similarities between the work of Holley and of Mark Twain, and outlines the reasons for their disparate literary reputations.

In the following essay, Curry discusses the feminist nature of Holley's novels.