author
Annie Eliot Trumbull
1857–1949
A Hartford writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she wrote novels, short stories, and plays with a clear sense of place and a warm eye for everyday life. Her work is often linked to the city’s literary "Golden Age," making her an appealing rediscovery for listeners who enjoy overlooked American voices.
2 Audiobooks
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories
by Annie Eliot Trumbull
Stories of New York
by Annie Eliot Trumbull, George A. (George Abiah) Hibbard, Bliss Perry, Edith Wharton, John Seymour Wood
About the author
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1857, Annie Eliot Trumbull grew up in a deeply literary and scholarly world. She became known as an American author of novels, short stories, and plays, and is regularly associated with Hartford's cultural and literary "Golden Age."
Her published work ranged across forms, including fiction such as A Christmas Accident and Other Stories, Rod's Salvation, Mistress Content Cradock, and White Birches, as well as dramatic writing like A Masque of Culture. That range helps explain her lasting interest today: she could move from domestic storytelling to historical or community-minded themes without losing her readable, inviting style.
Trumbull died in 1949, but her work remains accessible through public-domain and library collections. For modern readers and listeners, she offers a window into an earlier American literary world—regional, humane, and full of small but memorable social details.