author
Alice Brown
1857–1948
A sharp-eyed chronicler of New England life, this American writer built a career out of vivid local-color fiction, poetry, and plays. Her work was widely read in her day and still offers a rich picture of regional life and character.
11 Audiobooks
The Day of His Youth
by Alice Brown
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
by William Dean Howells, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse, Edith Wyatt
Country Neighbors
by Alice Brown
Meadow Grass: Tales of New England Life
by Alice Brown
Rose MacLeod
by Alice Brown
Three Heroines of New England Romance Their true stories herein set forth by Mrs Harriet Spoffard, Miss Louise Imogen Guiney, and Miss Alice Brown
by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, Alice Brown, Louise Imogen Guiney
Tiverton Tales
by Alice Brown
Tiverton Tales
by Alice Brown
Old Crow
by Alice Brown
Louise Imogen Guiney
by Alice Brown
The Prisoner
by Alice Brown
About the author
Born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1857, Alice Brown grew up in the landscape that would later shape much of her fiction. After graduating from Robinson Seminary in Exeter in 1876, she taught school and began publishing short stories in magazines before establishing herself as a full-time writer.
Brown became known as a novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright, especially for stories rooted in New England life. She was also part of a notable literary experiment, contributing a chapter to the collaborative 1908 novel The Whole Family.
She continued writing for decades and remained active well into the 20th century, publishing across several forms rather than staying in just one. Brown died in Boston in 1948, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both the everyday textures and the emotional depth of regional American life.