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The Shoulders of Atlas

The Shoulders of Atlas

The Shoulders of Atlas

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2011
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Género policíaco y de misterio
ISBN:
9781434422750
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) was a prominent 19th century American author. She is best known for two collections of stories, A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887) and A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891). Her stories deal mostly with New England life and are among the best of their kind. Freeman is also remembered for her novel Pembroke (1894), and in 1926, Freeman became the first recipient of the William Dean Howells Medal for Distinction in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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