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Stanford Eveleth

Best known for the 1895 novel Miss Dexie, this late-19th-century Canadian writer published under the pen name Stanford Eveleth. The work blends romance, family drama, and the upheaval of the American Civil War, giving it both emotional warmth and historical interest.

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Miss Dexie

Miss Dexie

by Stanford Eveleth

About the author

Stanford Eveleth was the pen name of Emma Wells Dickson, a Canadian author from Nova Scotia. Available records indicate she was born on November 21, 1854, and died on March 19, 1926.

Her best-known work is Miss Dexie: A Romance of the Provinces, first published in 1895. The novel was later preserved and widely circulated through projects such as Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, helping modern readers rediscover her writing.

Although little biographical detail is easy to confirm today, her surviving novel shows a strong interest in character, family life, and the social strain created by war and relocation. For readers of older Canadian fiction, she remains an intriguing voice whose work has outlasted the limited record of her life.