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Rediscover the charm and gentle humor of small-town life in Alice Brown's "Country Neighbors," a collection of heartwarming short stories set in rural New England during the 20th century. Brown masterfully captures the everyday lives and quiet dramas of her characters, particularly the women who form the backbone of their communities. With keen observation and a touch of wry wit, these stories offer a glimpse into a bygone era, exploring themes of community, resilience, and the enduring power of human connection. This carefully prepared edition invites readers to experience the simple joys and…mehr

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Rediscover the charm and gentle humor of small-town life in Alice Brown's "Country Neighbors," a collection of heartwarming short stories set in rural New England during the 20th century. Brown masterfully captures the everyday lives and quiet dramas of her characters, particularly the women who form the backbone of their communities. With keen observation and a touch of wry wit, these stories offer a glimpse into a bygone era, exploring themes of community, resilience, and the enduring power of human connection. This carefully prepared edition invites readers to experience the simple joys and understated complexities of a world where neighbors know each other's names and shared experience shapes individual destinies. "Country Neighbors" is a timeless exploration of American fiction, offering a poignant and often humorous reflection on life in a close-knit society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Alice Brown, an American novelist, poet, and playwright, was best known for her local color stories. She also wrote a chapter for the collaborative novel The Whole Family (1908). She was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and graduated from the Robinson Female Seminary in Exeter in 1876. She eventually worked as a schoolteacher for five years before relocating to Boston to write full-time in 1884. She began working for the Christian Register before moving on to the Youth's Companion in 1885. She was a prolific novelist for many years, but her fame declined around the turn of the twentieth century. She wrote one book per year until she stopped in 1935. She communicated with Rev. Michael Earls of the College of the Holy Cross and Father J. M. Lelen of Falmouth, Kentucky, with whom she shared poems. Yale University and Holy Cross presently contain the only substantial collections of her letters, as she directed that the majority of her personal correspondence be destroyed upon her death. Brown died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1948.