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Anne Reeve Aldrich
1866–1892
A gifted American poet and novelist, she began publishing while still very young and left behind work known for its feeling, musicality, and intensity. Though she died at just twenty-six, her books and posthumous collections secured her place among notable late nineteenth-century literary voices.
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A Village Ophelia, and Other Stories
by Anne Reeve Aldrich
About the author
Born in New York City on April 25, 1866, Anne Reeve Aldrich was an American poet and novelist who showed an early love of writing. She published in magazines as a teenager, and her literary career developed quickly despite her short life.
She is best known for the poetry collection The Rose of Flame and Other Poems (1889) and the novel The Feet of Love (1890). Other work appeared after her death, including Songs about Life, Love, and Death, helping readers see the range of her writing across poetry and fiction.
Aldrich died in New York on June 28, 1892, when she was only twenty-six. Even with such a brief career, she was remembered for passionate, lyrical writing that kept attracting readers after her lifetime.