Caroline Atwater Mason | |
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 Mason circa 1898 | |
| Born | July 19, 1853
 Providence |
| Died | May 2, 1939
(aged 85) Danvers |
Caroline Atwater Mason (July 10, 1853 – May 2, 1939) was an American novelist and travel writer.
Life
Caroline Atwater was born on July 10, 1853, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Mary Weaver and Stephen Atwater. [1] She was educated at the Friends Boarding School in Providence and studied in Germany for one year. [1] On May 29, 1877, she married John H. Mason, a clergyman who taught at Rochester Theological Seminary. [1]
She conducted research at the British Museum Reading Room and the Royal Library of the Netherlands. [1]
Mason opposed suffrage for women and was a member of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. [1]
She died on May 2, 1939, in Danvers, Massachusetts. [2]
Work
A Lily of France (1901), described as Mason's "best known story", [3] is a historical novel about Charlotte of Bourbon and William the Silent set largely in a 16th-century convent. [3] A review in the Chicago Tribune described it as a "sweet love story" with themes of religious liberty. [4] Holt of Heathfield (1904) is "a quiet recital of a young minister's life in a factory town". [5]
The Binding of the Strong (1909) is a love story based the romance of a woman of the last name Davis (whose first name is apparently lost to history) and John Milton. [6] [7] The Spell of Italy (1910) is a lightly fictionalized account of travels throughout Italy. [8] The Spell of France (1912) is a similar travel narrative about France. [9]
Publications
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- A Wind Flower [4]
- The Quiet King [4]
- A Minister of the World (1895) [4] [10]
- A Minister of Carthage (1899) [10]
- A Lily of France (1901) [4]
- Holt of Heathfield (1904) [5]
- The Binding of the Strong (1909) [6]
- The Spell of Italy (1910) [8]
- The Spell of France (1912) [9]
- Royton Manor (1928) [11]
- Challenged (1931) [3]
References
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e Leonard, John W., ed. (1914). Woman's Who's Who of America. American Commonwealth Company. pp.
546–547.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ "Mrs. John H. Mason, Novelist, Traveler; Clergyman's Widow Also Wrote on Religion—Dies in Danvers". The New York Times. May 4, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Historical and Religious Themes Favored by Author". Sioux City Journal. December 18, 1932. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e "Among the New Books". Chicago Tribune. September 11, 1901. p. 16.
- ^ a b "Holt of Heathfield". The Minneapolis Tribune. January 22, 1904. p. 4.
- ^ a b "John Milton and Miss Davis". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. January 31, 1909. sec. 2, p. 3.
- ^ Bradford, Richard (June 21, 2021). The Life of the Author: John Milton. Wiley. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-119-62156-0.
- ^ a b "Bookshelf and Inglenook". Los Angeles Herald. April 17, 1910. p. 50.
- ^ a b "Old France". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 4, 1912. p. 6.
- ^ a b Morey, Ann-Janine (1992). Religion and Sexuality in American Literature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0-521-41676-0. OCLC 25026073.
- ^ "Appealing New Novel by Miss Caroline A. Mason". The Boston Globe. December 1, 1928. p. 4.
External links
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Works by Caroline Atwater Mason at
LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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