The Collected Short Works, 1907-1919In the first half of the twentieth century Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of America’s best loved, most widely read, and highly paid writers. Her short works appeared in such major journals as Ladies Home Journal, Harper’s Weekly, The American Magazine, Colliers, McCalls, and The Saturday Evening Post. Her most famous novel, A Lantern in Her Hand, has remained a favorite since first published in 1928. Her portrayals of pioneers, farm people, small-town residents, their activities, and their relationship with their surroundings won the admiration of the nation. Honest romance, marital concord, and parental love were her constant themes. She was much more concerned with what kept people together than with what drove them apart. Widowed in 1925 with four children who relied on her for support, Aldrich knew all too well the tensions between motherhood and working for pay. Collected Short Works contains twenty-six works written for publication between 1907 and 1919. Aldrich’s admirers now have ready access to works that long ago were relegated to archives and library stacks. Scholars will appreciate how much of herself Aldrich invested in her fiction and how well she appreciated the changes occurring around her. |
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... hair . " But you mustn't feel badly for me , dear , if you care for him . Your happiness is more than mine , little girl - more than mine . ” His big hand was stroking her hair as gently and tenderly as a woman's . Nothing was heard but ...
... hair . " But you mustn't feel badly for me , dear , if you care for him . Your happiness is more than mine , little girl - more than mine . ” His big hand was stroking her hair as gently and tenderly as a woman's . Nothing was heard but ...
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... hair . It wore a dress that had been in style a quarter of a century before . She held it in the hollow of her arm as one would a baby , -as she would have held her own baby had it lived . " And John , " she smiled , looking suddenly ...
... hair . It wore a dress that had been in style a quarter of a century before . She held it in the hollow of her arm as one would a baby , -as she would have held her own baby had it lived . " And John , " she smiled , looking suddenly ...
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... hair was and how woodsy she had looked ! Not back - woodsy , understand , that suit had cut to it , —but like a wood sprite or a water nymph or someone you had dreamed about but had never seen . Noontime and luncheon took on the nature ...
... hair was and how woodsy she had looked ! Not back - woodsy , understand , that suit had cut to it , —but like a wood sprite or a water nymph or someone you had dreamed about but had never seen . Noontime and luncheon took on the nature ...
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The Little House Next Door | 9 |
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