Bibliograph

A New Orleans author in Mark Twain's court, letters from Grace King's New England sojourns, edited by Miki Pfeffer

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A New Orleans author in Mark Twain's court, letters from Grace King's New England sojourns, edited by Miki Pfeffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A New Orleans author in Mark Twain's court

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Miki Pfeffer

Series statement

The Hill collection

Sub title

letters from Grace King's New England sojourns

Summary

"Shortly after Grace King wrote her first stories in post-Reconstruction New Orleans, she entered a world of famous figures and literary giants greater than she could ever have imagined. Notable writers and publishers of the Northeast bolstered her career, and she began a decades-long friendship with Mark Twain and his family that was as unlikely as it was remarkable. Beginning in 1887, King paid long visits to the homes of friends and associates in New England and benefited from their extended circles. She interacted with her mentor, Charles Dudley Warner; writers Harriet Beecher Stowe and William Dean Howells; painter Frederic E. Church; suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker; Chaucer scholar Thomas Lounsbury; impresario Augustin Daly; actor Will Gillette; cleric Joseph Twichell; and other stars of the era."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The path, 1885-1886 -- Traveling north, 1887 -- Affections formed -- Expanding vistas -- Clemens voices, 1888 -- Deepened friendship -- Busy times and time apart, 1889-1890 -- European plans, 1891 -- Europe at last, 1891-1892 -- With the Clemenses in Italy -- Enduring ties, 1893-1899 -- Mournings, 1900-1910

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