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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

Excerpt: ...Anna Belle never took her things out of the bottom drawer, and the other day I happened to pass by her room, and the door was halfway open, and I saw her kneelin' down by the drawer, lookin' at the things and smoothin' them down. I couldn't see her face, but I know just how she looked as well as if I'd been in front of her instead of behind her." Mrs. Martin gave a sympathetic murmur, wholly unheard by Mrs. Williams, who went blith...

This American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist was widely known early in the 20th Century for her short stories featuring an elderly spinster woman, "Aunt Jane" who plainly spoke her mind about the people she knew and her experiences in the rural south. This book featuring "Aunt Jane" was first published in 1909.

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Excerpt from Clover and Blue GrassWeek, said Aunt Jane, and if it wasn't for the looks of the thing, jest for the sake of old times, I'd like to go to town and stand on the old drug-store corner and watch the procession go 'round the square, like me and Abram used to do in the days when we was young and the children growin' up around us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

This collection of short stories about the fictional quiltmaker Aunt Jane Parish was originally published in 1907 by Caroline Obenchain (who published under the name of Eliza Calvert Hall). Known for her gentle folk wisdom, Aunt Jane vividly describes a picturesque way of life in the rural South of the nineteenth century.

Excerpt from A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets It is a pity that when we speak of art, the thought should be of something quite remote from the life of all the people.... The word art ought to carry as common and universal a meaning as the words life and love. J. H. Dillard About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an impor...

Excerpt from Aunt Jane of Kentucky Window, and carrying into the room the heavenliest odors from a field of clover that lay in full bloom just across the road. For it was June in Kentucky, and clover and blue-grass were running sweet riot over the face of the earth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important h...

Excerpt from Sally Ann's Experience Moreover, in 1888, at the time the agita tion for reform began, Kentucky was the only State in the Union where a married woman could not make a will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally rec...

Excerpt from The Land of Long Ago In the dear land whereof I tell! Sometimes when we are far astray, Their spirit-hands may guide our way And if we would but pause to hear, What whispered words of tender cheer Might come on those fine airs that blow From the strange Land of Long A go! The scenes are changed, but we and they Are actors in the same old play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

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A collection of short stories featuring Hall's favourite heroine, Aunt Jane.

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Eliza (Lida) Calvert Obenchain (1856-1935), who also wrote as Eliza Calvert Hall, was an American author, poet, essayist, and folk art historian. She was born and raised in Kentucky. Her family life was changed dramatically after her father's bankruptcy. In 1879, Scribner's magazine published two of her poems. Influenced by the Woman's Journal, a suffragist newspaper, she started to write in support of suffrage and to work for the Kentucky Equ...

First published 1898.

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