![]() ![]() The novels, Jane Field (1893), Pembroke (1894), and Jerome, a Poor Man (1897), show that her forte was not the novel but the short tale revealing a dominant characteristic. ![]() Her first collections of tales, A Humble Romance (1887) and A New England Nun (1891), established her reputation and contain her finest work. Her early work is a dispassionate observation of local character and constitutes an important contribution to the local-color school by its study of repressed people in a decaying social system, capturing their spirit through their dialect. The scenes she knew in eastern Massachusetts form the background for most of her tales of New England rural life. Was born in Randolph, Mass., and spent most of her life there until her marriage in 1902, when she moved to New Jersey. ![]()
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