Corra Harris

Corra Harris
Corra Harris (1869–1935) was an American writer best known for her novel "A Circuit Rider's Wife" (1910), which portrayed the life of a Methodist minister's wife in rural Georgia. Her works often explored themes of Southern life, religion, and the complexities of women's roles in society. Harris was also a prolific essayist, contributing to popular publications like "The Saturday Evening Post." Despite facing criticism for her support of Southern racial views, she remained a significant literary figure in early 20th-century Southern literature.

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CHAPTER I If you will look back over the files of the "Southern Christian Advocate," published at the time in Macon, Georgia, you will find the following notice—by a singular coincidence on the page devoted to "obituaries": "Married—Mary Elizabeth Eden to William Asbury Thompson. The bride is the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Eden, of Edenton; the groom is the son of the late... more...

MY DEAR MISS DOANE: You will permit me to address you with this semblance of familiarity, I trust, for the frankness of our conversation in my office gives me some right to claim you as an acquaintance. And first of all let me tell you that we shall be glad to print your review of The Kentons, and shall be pleased to send you a long succession of novels for analysis if you can always use the scalpel... more...