The Revolt of 'Mother' Summary
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The Revolt of 'Mother' Summary

First published in 1890 in Harper's Bazaar, "The Revolt of 'Mother"' then appeared the following year, with only a few textual changes, in Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's second short story collection, A New England Nun and Other Stories.

Freeman is best known for her local color stories that portrayed rural life in small New Eng-land towns at the end of the nineteenth century, which was a time of great change. While her use...

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