A New England nun, and other stories. By: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman collections NEUF

Product Name: A New England nun, and other stories. By: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman collections NEUF
EAN：9781548945862 UPC：9781548945862 ISBN：9781548945862 collections MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 220 pages Recommended Age Range：12+ years
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 - March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on October 31, 1852, to Eleanor Lothrop and Warren Edward Wilkins, who originally baptized her "Mary Ella". Freemans parents were orthodox Congregationalists, bestowing a very strict childhood. Religious constraints play a key role in some of her works. In 1867, the family moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, where Freeman graduated from the local high school before attending, Mount Holyoke College (then, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870-71. She later finished her education at Glenwood Seminary in West Brattleboro. When the familys dry goods business in Vermont failed in 1873, the family returned to Randolph, Massachusetts. Freemans mother died three years later, and she changed her middle name to "Eleanor" in her memory. Freemans father died suddenly in 1883, leaving her without any immediate family and an estate worth only $973. She moved in with a friend and began writing as her only source of income.During a visit to Metuchen, New Jersey in 1892, she met Dr. Charles Manning Freeman, a non-practicing medical doctor seven years younger than she. After years of courtship and delays, the two were married on January 1, 1902. Immediately after, she firmly established her name as "Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.