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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
1852–1930
Best known for vivid New England stories, this American writer brought small-town lives, quiet struggles, and sharp social observation to the page. Her fiction includes the much-loved collection A New England Nun and helped define regional writing in the late 19th century.
25 Audiobooks
'Doc.' Gordon
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse, Edith Wyatt
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Jamesons
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Adventures of Ann: Stories of Colonial Times
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Portion of Labor
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Jerome, A Poor Man: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Debtor: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
An Alabaster Box
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Florence Morse Kingsley
The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Pembroke: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Butterfly House
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Green Door
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Yates Pride: A Romance
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Evelina's Garden
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Jane Field: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Once Upon a Time, and Other Child-Verses
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Madelon: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
About the author
Born in Randolph, Massachusetts, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman grew up in New England, and that landscape stayed at the heart of her work. She became known for short stories and novels that focused on village life, especially the inner lives of women, with a style that could be gentle, funny, and unsparing at the same time.
Her best-known books include A New England Nun and Other Stories and the novel Pembroke. Readers and critics have long valued the way she captured local speech, daily routines, and the tensions between personal freedom and community expectations.
Freeman wrote during a period when American regional fiction was flourishing, and her work remains an important part of that tradition. Even now, her stories feel fresh because they pay such close attention to ordinary people and the quiet turning points that shape their lives.