author
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
1852–1930
Known for vivid New England settings and sharp insight into the lives of women, this American writer helped define regional fiction in the late nineteenth century. Her work ranges from quiet village realism to memorable ghost stories that still find readers today.
26 Audiobooks
Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
by William Dean Howells, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse, Edith Wyatt
The Portion of Labor
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Yates Pride: A Romance
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
An Alabaster Box
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Florence Morse Kingsley
Pembroke: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Madelon: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Jamesons
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Jerome, A Poor Man: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Jane Field: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Green Door
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
'Doc.' Gordon
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Adventures of Ann: Stories of Colonial Times
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Butterfly House
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The Debtor: A Novel
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Once Upon a Time, and Other Child-Verses
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Evelina's Garden
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Silence, and other stories
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
About the author
Born in Randolph, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1852, she later lived in Brattleboro, Vermont, and became one of the best-known writers of New England local-color fiction. Reference sources describe her as an American author celebrated for stories and novels about small-town life, especially the pressures, disappointments, and inner strength of women in traditional communities.
She is especially associated with Pembroke and with short fiction that blends realism with emotional intensity. Britannica notes that she was known for portraying frustrated lives in New England villages, while Wikipedia highlights both her realist work and her well-regarded ghost stories.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman died in Metuchen, New Jersey, on March 13, 1930. Today she is remembered as an important voice in American regional writing, admired for clear, observant prose and for the sympathy she brought to ordinary lives.