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Gertrude Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen ...
A Novel
Although author Gertrude Atherton was born and died in her beloved home state of California, she spent a significant amount of time touring and living...
Alexina is a spoiled girl from a wealthy family. When she meets her new sister-in-law, Gora, her life begins to change. This coming-of-age story follo...
A novel about a middle-aged woman rejuvenated by a glandular operation to youthful external beauty and her romance with a younger playwright in New Yo...
Set on the Caribbean Island of Nevis, โThe Gorgeous Isleโ by Gertrude Atherton follows the story of Byam Warner, a poet and an alcoholic who is sl...
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A Mystery Story
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) took up writing after being widowed as a means to support herself and her daughter. She was considered a c...
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.For this book, the literary critic August ...
An Intimate History
Set in the high-society of 1860s San Francisco, โSleeping Firesโ by famous feminist author Gertrude Atherton is a tale of love and resentment and ...
An Historical Romance of California
Excerpt: ..."no man." But she said it without enthusiasm. "A man is but one; traditions are fivefold, and multiplied by duty. Poor grain of sand-what ...
Inhibitions and a neurosis against sex fight a losing battle with endocrines and glands In a romance of atavism, which Gertrude Atherton calls "The Cr...
Stories of Old California
Thirteen tales of old California and the romantic life of the Spanish caballeros under Mexican rule. For other editions, see Author Catalog....
A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The White Morning" (A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime) by Gertrude Frank...
The Bell in The Fog and Other Stories is a collection of short and captivating stories inscribed by an American author Gertrude Atherton. In the late ...
This is a most amusing little story of what we may call the genteel farce kind. Mrs. Pendleton, who has been a pronounced flirt in her married life, b...
Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton
1902. Atherton, was an American feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Atherton also produced a number of...
Gertrude Atherton was born in San Francisco and lived much of her life in California. A best-selling author at the time she is remembered today mainly...
'The Living Present' is a non-fiction text by Atherton about her stay in France during which she became deeply acquainted with its people, customs, an...
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Black Oxen" by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written...
Black Oxen: Gertrude Atherton's Tale of Youthful Transformation
A 1922 novel by American novelist Gertrude Atherton. The story centers on the relationship between thirty-four year old columnist Lee Clavering and Ma...
Work from American novelist whose novels are often characterised by strong heroines who pursue independent lives....
The Gorgeous Isle is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the story of Anne Percy, a young woman in love with an alcoholic poet. Percy nurses the ...
Widowed at 30, Gertrude Atherton became hugely productive writer, including a fine selection of supernatural tales influenced by Ambrose Bierce and M....
Published in 1893, and set against a backdrop of violence between Mexico and the United States, this is a passionate and compelling love story from fa...
"Life in the War Zone" is the memoir of author Gertrude Atherton about her visits to different war fronts during the First World War. Atherton had spe...
Being the Impressions of the Lady Helen Pole During Her Sojourn in the Great North Woods as Spontaneously Recorded in Her Letters to Her Friends in North Britain, the Countess of Edge and Ross
"An acrid view of eastern society." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation...