author
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
1857–1948
A sharp, prolific American novelist, she wrote memorable stories of California life while also taking on politics, feminism, and social change. Her bestselling novel Black Oxen became a silent film, and her work helped keep her in the public eye for decades.
33 Audiobooks
The aristocrats : being the impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during her sojourn in the Great North Woods as spontaneously recorded in her letters to her friend in North Britain, the Countess of Edge and Ross
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Perch of the Devil
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Transplanted : A novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Black Oxen
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance; Scene-- Nevis, B.W.I. 1842
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Tower of Ivory: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Ancestors: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Doomswoman: An Historical Romance of Old California
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Senator North
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-hand
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Californians
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Rulers of kings: A novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The White Morning: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
A Daughter of the Vine
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Hermia Suydam
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Rezanov
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Mrs. Balfame: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Crystal Cup
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
What Dreams May Come
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
A Whirl Asunder
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Life in the War Zone
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Living Present
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Valiant Runaways
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
His fortunate Grace
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Julia France and Her Times: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Travelling Thirds
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
About the author
Born in San Francisco on October 30, 1857, Gertrude Atherton grew up in California and later made the state one of the defining settings of her fiction. She wrote novels, short stories, essays, and articles, and became especially known for stories that mixed social observation with strong opinions and ambitious themes.
Atherton published widely and built a long career that stretched from the late 19th century well into the 20th. Many readers remember her for California-set novels such as The Californians, while Black Oxen became her best-known commercial success and was adapted for the screen during the silent-film era.
She died in San Francisco on June 14, 1948. Today she is often remembered as a bold, independent literary voice whose work ranged across fiction, history, and commentary, and who kept returning to questions of power, identity, and modern life.