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Known for uplifting fiction with a strong moral and spiritual thread, this early 20th-century novelist is best remembered today for A Soldier's Son. Her work blends family feeling, loss, and faith in a gentle, accessible style.

by Maude Mary Butler
Maude Mary Butler was a novelist whose books appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Library and bibliographic records list works including Adèle's Love (1889), Bob's Heroine (1890), Violette, and A Soldier's Son (1912), showing a career that stretched across several decades.
Today, she is most easily recognized through A Soldier's Son, a book preserved by Project Gutenberg and other library collections. The novel centers on a bereaved boy after his father's death in battle, and it reflects the warm, earnest storytelling often associated with Butler's fiction.
Although detailed biographical information about her is scarce in the sources available, her surviving books suggest an author interested in family life, character, and spiritual consolation. For listeners who enjoy rediscovered fiction with a sincere, comforting tone, her work offers a window into the values and storytelling style of its era.