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An Alabaster Box

An Alabaster Box

Morse Kingsley, Florence
E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 9354843131
ISBN13: 9789354843136
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Aug 5 2021
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hush-hushed collection that speaks with the clarity and courage of a master craftsman. An Alabaster Box gathers stories that illuminate the pulse of late nineteenth-century New England, where small-town lives, public decorum, and private weathering collide with quiet, insistent truth. This is more than a short stories collection; it threads american literary realism with gothic regionalism to reveal domestic life, moral tension, and women's place in society. Freeman's portraits offer a precise critique of everyday morality and the limits of propriety, while anchoring her voices in a recognisable New England setting. For readers and students alike, the book reads with the accessibility of a modern classic, yet opens pathways to the era's broader conversations about gender, class, and identity-qualities that place Freeman among Kate Chopin contemporaries and Henry James contemporaries. Alpha Editions now presents this work as a true cultural treasure. Out of print for decades and restored for today's and future generations, An Alabaster Box is not merely a reprint but a beautifully preserved artefact. It will appeal to classic literature readers and those building a college syllabus reader, offering sharp social critique, enduring narrative craft, and a window into a pivotal period of American life.

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