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Anne Douglas Sedgwick
1873–1935
Best known for sharp, graceful fiction about Europeans and Americans trying to understand one another, this American-born British novelist built a loyal readership in the early 20th century. Her stories often mix social observation with emotional nuance, giving even quiet moments real weight.
17 Audiobooks
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor
Christmas Roses and Other Stories
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the Masterpiece
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A Fountain Sealed
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Adrienne Toner: A Novel
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Third Window
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Dull Miss Archinard
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Amabel Channice
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Rescue
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Tante
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Franklin Kane
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Paths of Judgement
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Shadow of Life
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Little French Girl
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The Confounding of Camelia
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Dark Hester
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
About the author
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, on March 28, 1873, she moved to London as a child and spent most of her life in England. That transatlantic background shaped much of her fiction, which often explored the misunderstandings, attractions, and cultural contrasts between American and European life.
She wrote steadily across her adult life, producing numerous novels as well as short stories, and became known for polished, intelligent prose. Reference sources describe her as an expatriate American writer whose fiction was especially noted for its close observation of character and manners.
She married the British essayist and critic Basil de Sélincourt in 1908 and died in Hampstead, London, on July 19, 1935. Though not as widely read now as some of her contemporaries, she remains of interest to readers who enjoy literary fiction centered on relationships, society, and the fine details of inner life.