"The Old-Maid Aunt"
Short story
By: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Date: 1908
Source: Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins. "The Old-Maid Aunt." In The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1908.
About the Author: Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), born in Vermont and based in New England for much of her life, began her writing career with occasional poems for children. In a time of financial need, she published adult stories in important national magazines including Harper's, garnering a reputation for her depictions of New England life. Freeman also wrote popular ghost stories. She received the Howells Medal by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1926, and was one of the first four women elected to the National Institute of Letters.
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