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Annie Russell Marble
1864–1936
Remembered for lively essays on American literary history, this early-20th-century writer brought figures like Thoreau and the New England transcendentalists closer to general readers. Her books mixed biography, criticism, and a clear affection for the people and ideas she wrote about.
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The Women Who Came in the Mayflower
by Annie Russell Marble
The Women Who Came in the Mayflower
by Annie Russell Marble
The Nobel Prize winners in literature
by Annie Russell Marble
About the author
An American essayist born on August 10, 1864, Annie Russell Marble wrote about literary history, early American figures, and the writers of the Transcendental movement. Reference sources consistently describe her as especially interested in authors such as Henry David Thoreau and in broader commentary on literature.
Her published work includes books such as Thoreau: His Home, Friends and Books, The Women Who Came in the Mayflower, A Study of the Modern Novel, British and American, Since 1900, and Pen Names and Personalities. Taken together, these titles show a writer who moved comfortably between biography, literary criticism, and American cultural history.
Marble died on November 23, 1936. Read today, she stands out as a knowledgeable and accessible guide to the writers and historical subjects that interested her most.