Pembroke by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Fiction, Literary - Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins

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Résumé :
. . . .and to prove, especially in the most marked case, the truth of a theory that its cure depended entirely upon the capacity of the individual for a love which could rise above all considerations of self, as Barnabas Thayer's love for Charlotte Barnard finally did. When I make use of the term abnormal, I do not mean unusual in any sense. I am far from any intention to speak disrespectfully or disloyally of those stanch old soldiers of the faith who landed upon our inhospitable shores and laid the foundation as on a very rock of spirit, for the New England of today; but I am not sure, in spite of their godliness, and their noble adherence, in the face of obstacles, to the dictates of their consciences, that their wills were not developed past the reasonable limit of nature. What wonder is it that their descendants inherit this peculiarity, though they may develop it for much less worthy and more trivial causes than the exiling themselves for a question of faith, even the carrying-out of personal and petty aims and quarrels?

Biographie:
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was an American author. Freeman was born on October 31, 1852, in Randolph, Massachusetts, to Eleanor Lothrop and Warren Edward Wilkins, who christened her Mary Ella. Freeman's parents were conservative Congregationalists, and he grew up under severe supervision. Religious limitations play an important role in some of her works. In 1867, the family relocated to Brattleboro, Vermont, where Freeman graduated from the local high school before spending one year at Mount Holyoke College (formerly Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, from 1870 to 1871. She eventually completed her schooling at Glenwood Seminary in West Brattleboro. Freeman's father died unexpectedly in 1883, leaving her with no close family and an estate of barely $973. Wilkins returned to her hometown, Randolph. She moved in with a friend, Mary J. Wales, and started writing as her sole source of income. During a visit to Metuchen, New Jersey in 1892, she met Dr. Charles Manning Freeman, a non-practicing doctor seven years her junior. After years of courtship and delays, the couple married on January 1, 1902. She immediately established her name as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and requested that Harper's use it on all of her work....

Sommaire:
Renowned American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman made significant literary contributions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Freeman, who was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1852, was raised in Vermont before relocating to Brattleboro. She had little formal schooling, but she went on to become a well-known author and prolific writer in American literature. The novels and short tales of Freeman that focus on the lives of rural New Englanders are her most well-known works. Her artwork frequently portrays the difficulties women have in a society that is going through social and economic change. Her astute observations and perceptive character portrayals offer a nuanced viewpoint on the difficulties of interpersonal relationships and cultural expectations. Throughout her multi-decade literary career, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's writings are still examined for their cultural insights and contributions to American literature....