Through her different genres of work including children's stories, poems, and short stories, Mary Wilkins Freeman sought to demonstrate her values as a feminist. During the time which she was writing, she did this in nonconventional ways; for example, she diverged from making her female characters weak and in need of help which was a common trope in literature. Come and enjoy the seven selected short stories of this author. A New England Nun Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings Luella Miller Little-Girl-Afraid-of-a-Dog Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas The Gospel According To Joan The Revolt of "Mother"

A 1997 bibliography of American fiction from 1901-1925.

In the first collection of essays ever published on this neglected New England writer (1852-1930) of novels, short stories, and poetry, five original critical essays examine a wide range of texts in a variety of ways. Reprinted articles and reviews by William Dean Howells, F.O. Matthiessen and others represent reactions of Freeman's contemporaries; the book also features criticism by Freeman of her own work. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR