Mary E Wilkins Freeman

This great short story collection includes twelve of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's best stories: "The Copy-Cat," "The Cock of the Walk," "Johnny-In-The-Woods," "Daniel and Little Dan'l," "Big Sister Solly," "Little Lucy Rose," "Noblesse," "Coronation," "The Amethyst Comb," "The Umbrella Man," "The Balking of Christopher," and "Dear Annie."

This fine collection includes sixteen of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's classic stories: "The Pot of Gold," "The Cow with the Golden Horns," "The Christmas Monks," "The Silver Hen," and many more.

Originally published in 1936, here is a charming novel of a rural doctor's life, trials, and tribulations. Barter, conniving horse traders, and more face "Doc." Gordon on his rural rounds! MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN (1852-1930) was born in Randolph, Massachusetts and died in Metuchen, New Jersey. Among her published regional short fiction and novels are A Humble Romance and Other Stories, A New England Nun and Other Stories, Jane Field, and The Portion of Labor. In 1926 she received the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in fiction. That same year, she and Edith Wharton were among the first women to be elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

"The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural" includes six of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's classic horror stories: "The Wind in the Rose-bush," "The Shadows on the Wall," "Luella Miller," "The Southwest Chamber," "The Vacant Lot," and "The Lost Ghost."

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was best known for her novels and collections of short stories about New England. She received the William Dean Howells Medal for Distinction in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1926.

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) was one of the most popular American writers at the turn of the twentieth century, and her annual Christmas stories appeared in magazines and periodicals across the globe. Since then, the extraordinary stories that once delighted her legions of fans every festive season have gone largely out of print and unread. Now, for the first time, The Last Gift presents a collection of Freeman's best Christmas writing, introducing these funny, poignant, provocative, and surprisingly timely holiday tales to a new generation of readers.

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