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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman


Born
in Randolph, Massachusetts, The United States
October 31, 1852

Died
March 13, 1930

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Literature & Fiction


Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College (then, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71. Freeman's parents were orthodox Congregationalists, causing her to have a very strict childhood.

Religious constraints play a key role in some of her works. She later finished her education at West Brattleboro Seminary. She passed the greater part of her life in Massachusetts and Vermont.

Freeman began writing stories and verse for children while still a teenager to help support her family and was quickly successful. Her best known work was written in the 1880s and 1890s while she lived in Randolph. She produced more than two dozen volumes of publ ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 14,363 ratings · 1,641 reviews · 677 distinct works • Similar authors
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3.67 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1891 — 81 editions
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The Revolt of "Mother" and ...
3.66 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1891 — 28 editions
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3.60 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1902 — 3 editions
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The Shadows on The Wall
3.16 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1903 — 11 editions
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The Green Door
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3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1894 — 129 editions
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“He and the Cat looked at each other across that impassable barrier of silence which had been set between man and beast from the creation of the world.”
― Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
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“It was true that in a measure she could take them with her, but, robbed of their old environments, they would appear in such new guises that they would almost cease to be themselves.”
― Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, A New England Nun and Other Stories
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“Oh, I know you think the corals too young for me. You have not worn them since you left off dotted muslins. You insist upon growing old. I insist upon remaining young.”
― Mary Wilkins Freeman, Complete Collection of Mary Wilkins Freeman (Annotated): Collection Includes An Alabaster Box, The Adventures of Ann, The Butterfly House, The Debtor, The Givers, And More
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