

She produced over two dozen short stories and novels including two superb short story collections, A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887) and A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891).įor me, personally, discovering the works of Mary Freeman has been an absolute delight. She was educated at Mount Holyoke Female Seminar (now Mount Holyoke College) and spent much of her life in Massachusetts and Vermont. The majority of her writing focused on New England life, a subject which she captured masterfully in her subtle and sublime short story A New England Nun. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was an American novelist (October 1852 - March 1930) and short story writer. Wilkins Freeman Born: OctoDied: March 13, 1930
