"Memories of a Hostess: A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships" is a captivating memoir that offers a glimpse into the vibrant social life of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Authored by Annie Fields and M. A. De Wolfe Howe, the book chronicles the authors' experiences as hostesses in Boston's literary and artistic circles. Through their engaging narratives, they share intimate portraits of notable figures such as Henry James, Mark Twain, and many others, revealing the dynamics of frien...

In this work, Fields shares her personal experiences and anecdotes involving various authors and intellectuals, including Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, and George Eliot, among others. Through her thoughtful and affectionate portrayals, she captures the essence of their personalities, their creative processes, and the relationships they formed within the literary community.Fields' writing is characterized by its warmth and keen observation, making her narratives both engaging and enlighte...

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) became famous almost overnight when "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - which sold more than 300,000 copies in its first year of publication—appeared in 1852. Known by virtually all famous writers in the United States and many in England and regarded by many women writers as a role model because of her influence in the literary marketplace, Stowe herself was the subject of many books, articles, essays, and poems during her lifetime.

Annie Fields offers an intimate and charming portrait in Authors and Friends, giving listeners a delightful glimpse into the lives, personalities, and relationships of some of the most notable literary figures of her time. This audiobook blends biography, personal anecdote, and literary reflection to create a rich tapestry of friendships, influences, and the human side of writers.Fields’ narrative highlights her personal encounters and observations...

A memoir of literary friendships, offering personal portraits of prominent writers and cultural figures.

In the years immediately before the death of Mrs. James T. Fields, on January 5, 1915, she spoke to me more than once of her intention to place in my possession a cabinet of old papers—journals of her own, letters from a host of correspondents, odds and ends of manuscript and print—which stood in a dark corner of a small reception-room near the front door of her house in Charles Street, Boston. On her death this intention was found to have been confirmed in writing. It was also made clear ...

Accounts of personal contacts with well-known authors. Chapters cover: Longfellow, Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Celia Thaxter, Whittier, and Tennyson According to Wikipedia: "Annie Adams Fields (June 6, 1834 – January 5, 1915) was a United States writer.... Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Ma...

Annie Adams Fields was an American writer. Although Fields often turns up in the pantheons of 19th century poetry, it is for her short sympathetic biographies that she is now remembered.

In "Authors and Friends," Annie Fields offers an illuminating exploration of the literary friendships that shaped 19th-century American literature. Through a series of engaging biographical sketches and correspondences, Fields provides a rich tapestry of personal relationships, capturing the dynamics between notable authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and Louisa May Alcott. Writing with a reflective yet intimate style, Fields not only delineates their creative visions but als...

Accounts of personal contacts with well-known authors. Chapters cover: Longfellow, Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Celia Thaxter, Whittier, and Tennyson According to Wikipedia: "Annie Adams Fields (June 6, 1834 January 5, 1915) was a United States writer.... Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary...

In *Authors and Friends*, Annie Fields gathers affectionate literary portraits, reminiscences, and critical impressions of the writers who formed her intellectual and social world. Moving between biography, memoir, and informal literary criticism, she evokes figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Sarah Orne Jewett. The book's conversational elegance and emphasis on personality, friendship, and moral character place...

Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Georgia who escaped to the North in 1848. They became famous due to the daring way they made their escape. Ellen, being light skinned, passed herself off as a white male, with William as her servant, allowing them to basically travel openly by train and steamboat. They eventually emigrated to England where they lived for almost 20 years. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom is their biographical account.