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The greatest complexity in the world attends the motive-power of any action. Infinite perspectives of mental mirrors reflect the whys of all doing. An adult with long practice in analytic…

A Study Guide for Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s New England Nun, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…

Weird tales from the heartland of New England Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a highly regarded and prominent 19th century American author. She began writing as a teenager to assist…

The story Sophia tells began six years before and takes place in a small New England town named Linnville. Set in the country and composed of a small community where…

A young man was reading a selection from the Bible. Maria heard him drone out in a scarcely audible voice: Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth, and then she heard…

A striking, realistic story of two 19th century New England village families and their difficulties and relationships. By a strongly talented and unfairly neglected writer.

The six stories in this collection add a new dimension to the fictional portrayal of New England life. The author’s apparently simple, declarative prose moves the reader convincingly into a…