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Louise Chandler Moulton
1835–1908
Remembered for lyrical poetry, sharp criticism, and lively literary salons, this nineteenth-century American writer moved with ease between Boston, London, and the magazine world of her day. Her work ranges from poems and fiction to well-loved books for children and travel writing.
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About the author
Born in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1835, Louise Chandler Moulton became known as an American poet, story-writer, and critic. She published early, studied for a time at Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary, and married Boston publisher William Upham Moulton in 1855.
Over the years, she contributed poems and prose to major magazines and built a wide reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. She also wrote popular children's books and later published travel writing, while her Boston home and London gatherings made her an important literary hostess with a large circle of writers and artists.
Moulton died in Boston in 1908. She is still remembered for the graceful, often emotional tone of her poetry and for the warm, connected literary life she helped create around her.