Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835–August 14, 1921) was a notable American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar
Born in Calais, Maine, she moved with her parents to Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1849. Calais is a city in the state of Maine in the United States, and a Port of entry situated on the St Newburyport is a small coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, 38 miles (61 km northeast of Boston. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common She attended the Putnam Free School in Newburyport, and Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire from 1853 to 1855. Pinkerton Academy is a Secondary school in Derry, New Hampshire. Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year When her parents became invalids, of necessity she set to work as a writer, sometimes laboring fifteen hours a day. Spofford's gothic romances were set apart by luxuriant descriptions, and an unconventional handling of female stereotypes of the day. Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group
In 1859, she submitted to Atlantic Monthly a story about Parisian life entitled "In a Cellar. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city " The magazine's editor, James Russell Lowell, at first believed the story to be a translation, and withheld it from publication. James Russell Lowell (February 22 1819 – August 12 1891 was an American Romantic poet critic editor and Diplomat. Reassured that it was original, he published it, and it established her reputation. She became a welcome contributor to periodicals. In 1865, she married Richard S. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Spofford, a Boston lawyer, and they resided on Deer Island overlooking the Merrimack River at Amesbury, where she died. The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an earlier spelling that is sometimes still used is a -long river in the northeastern United States. The Town of Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
When Thomas Wentworth Higginson asked Emily Dickinson whether she had read Spofford's work Circumstance, Dickinson replied, "I read Miss Prescott's Circumstance, but it followed me in the dark, so I avoided her. Thomas Wentworth Higginson ( December 22, 1823 &ndash May 9, 1911) was an American minister Author, Abolitionist "Circumstance" is an allegorical Short story written by American Author Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford as a " (Atlantic Monthly, October 1891). Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Books
- Sir Rohan's Ghost, 1860
- The Amber Gods, and Other Stories, 1863, republished 1989
- Azarian: An Episode, 1864
- New England Legends, 1871
- The Thief in the Night, 1872
- Art Decoration Applied to Furniture, 1878
- The Servant Girl Question, 1881
- Marquis of Carabas, 1882
- Poems, 1882
- Hester Stanley at St. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mark's, 1883
- Ballads About Authors, 1887
- A Scarlet Poppy, and Other Stories, 1894
- The Ray of Displacement and other stories
- Old Madame, and Other Tragedies, 1900
- Old Washington, 1906
- The Fairy Changeling, 1910
- A Little Book of Friends, 1916
- The Elder's People, 1920
Further reading
- Works by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford at Project Gutenberg
- "The Amber Gods," and Other Stories, edited with an introduction by Alfred Bendixen. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1989.
- Different works of hers at Project Gutenberg Australia: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0606581.txt
- The Moonstone Mass and Others edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Ash-Tree Press, 2000) a selection of Spofford's best ghost stories with an informative introduction by Salmonson. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, born January 6, 1950, is an Author, editor and Writer of Fantasy and horror fiction
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