Miss Grief and Other Stories

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By Constance Fenimore Woolson

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Miss Grief and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson that delves into the lives and emotions of women navigating societal expectations and personal struggles during the 19th century. With insightful character depictions and evocative settings, the stories explore themes of ambition, love, and isolation, capturing the nuanced experiences of her characters in a changing world.
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If you appreciate compelling tales of emotional depth and timeless themes, you might enjoy this collection of stories. These narratives explore complex female characters and societal norms, offering a rich tapestry of psychological insight and vivid storytelling. Fans of literature that illuminates human experiences and challenges social conventions will likely find these stories engaging.

Miss Grief and Other Stories

In this gathering Anne Boyd Rioux has chosen fiction over the course of Constance Fenimore Woolson's life. Woolson's stories travel from the rural Midwest to the deep South and then across the Atlantic to Italy and Britain.

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Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894) was one of the few nineteenth-century women writers considered the equal of her male peers. Harper & Brothers was so enamoured of her work that the firm agreed to publish whatever she could write.

In this collection, Rioux has chosen fiction spanning Woolson's life, including "In Sloane Street," which has not been published since it first appeared in Harper's Bazaar. Woolson's stories travel from the rural Midwest to the deep South and then across the Atlantic to Italy and England.

Her strong characters and indelible settings provide continuity throughout Miss Grief and Other Stories, as do her concerns with passion, creativity, imagination, and the demands of society. Whether portraying the keeper of a Union soldiers' cemetery in the defeated South, a woman writer whose genius goes unrecognised, or the expatriate denizens of Florence, Woolson's deft characterisation and subtlety create a broad landscape of Americans and their ways, no matter where they lived.

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Miss Grief and Other Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson is praised for its finely-crafted tales rooted in a strong sense of place, with mythic atmospheres and poignant depictions of nature. The collection contains sophisticated stories with a cosmopolitan outlook, reflecting detailed regional and local colour insights. Woolson is celebrated for her vivid character portraits and her ability to juxtapose traditional narrative structures with progressive psychological insight.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393352009

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 March 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

Edited by Anne Boyd Rioux
Foreword by Colm Tóibín

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 277g

Pages: 320

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Constance Fenimore Woolson Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Anne Boyd Rioux is a professor of English at the University of New Orleans and president of the Woolson Society. A recipient of two NEH fellowships, she is the author of Wielding the Pen and Writing for Immortality. Colm Toibin is the author of many novels, including The Master, which portrays Henry James's friendship with Woolson.