author
Mary Stewart Cutting
1851–1924
A popular American writer of domestic fiction, she turned the rhythms of marriage, family, and everyday life into warm, sharply observed stories. Her books and short fiction were widely read in the early 20th century and still offer an appealing window into that world.
5 Audiobooks
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
Little Stories of Married Life
by Mary Stewart Cutting
The Blossoming Rod
by Mary Stewart Cutting
More Stories of Married Life
by Mary Stewart Cutting
The Wayfarers
by Mary Stewart Cutting
About the author
Born Mary Stewart Doubleday in New York City on June 27, 1851, she was the daughter of General Ulysses Doubleday and Mary Stewart Doubleday. She later married Charles Weed Cutting and wrote under the name Mary Stewart Cutting, becoming known for fiction centered on home life, relationships, and the small dramas of ordinary people.
She is generally described as an American author of domestic realism, especially remembered for novels and short stories about married life. Her published work included titles such as Little Stories of Married Life, More Stories of Married Life, Heart of Lynn, The Wayfarers, Just for Two, and Some of Us Are Married.
Cutting died in 1924. Though she is not as widely known today as some of her contemporaries, her writing captures a lively, intimate picture of middle-class American life and shows why readers of her time were drawn to stories that felt close to home.