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Katharine Fullerton Gerould
1879–1944
A sharp, widely published American writer, Katharine Fullerton Gerould brought keen observation and social insight to her short stories, novels, and essays. Her work appeared in leading magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Scribner’s, and The Century.
4 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
Modes and morals
by Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Vain oblations
by Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Valiant dust
by Katharine Fullerton Gerould
About the author
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1879. She studied at Radcliffe College, earning an A.B. in 1900 and an A.M. in 1901. While still an undergraduate, her story “The Poppies in the Wheat” was chosen by The Century Magazine as the best short story by an undergraduate.
Gerould taught English composition at Bryn Mawr College beginning in 1901. She married Princeton English professor Gordon Hall Gerould in 1910, and they had two children. After moving to Princeton, she continued writing while supporting literary organizations and mentoring younger women writers.
Known for both her short fiction and essays, Gerould published regularly from 1902 through 1939. Her books include Vain Oblations, The Great Tradition and Other Stories, A Change of Air, Hawaii: Scenes and Impressions, Lost Valley, Modes and Morals, and Valiant Dust. She died in Princeton, New Jersey, on July 27, 1944.