Elizabeth Stoddard

Elizabeth Stoddard
Elizabeth Stoddard (1823–1902) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer, known for her contributions to 19th-century literature. Her most notable works include the novel "The Morgesons" (1862), which explores complex themes of family, gender, and social expectations. Despite her talent, her work received limited attention during her lifetime, though she is now recognized as an important voice in American literary history. Stoddard also wrote "Two Men" (1865) and "Temple House" (1867), novels that similarly delve into emotional and psychological depth.

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The two months I spent at Newport with Aunt Eliza Huell, who had been ordered to the sea-side for the benefit of her health, were the months that created all that is dramatic in my destiny. My aunt was troublesome, for she was not only out of health, but in a lawsuit. She wrote to me, for we lived apart, asking me to accompany her—not because she was fond of me, or wished to give me pleasure, but... more...

POEMS THE POET'S SECRET. The poet's secret I must know,If that will calm my restless mind.I hail the seasons as they go,I woo the sunshine, brave the wind. I scan the lily and the rose,I nod to every nodding tree,I follow every stream that flows,And wait beside the steadfast sea. I question melancholy eyes,I touch the lips of women fair:Their lips and eyes may make me wise,But what I seek for... more...

CHAPTER I. "That child," said my aunt Mercy, looking at me with indigo-colored eyes, "is possessed." When my aunt said this I was climbing a chest of drawers, by its knobs, in order to reach the book-shelves above it, where my favorite work, "The Northern Regions," was kept, together with "Baxter's Saints' Rest," and other volumes of that sort, belonging to my... more...