Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was a leading feminist author of the American Romantic Age. She married portrait painter, Samuel Osgood (1808-1885), in 1835. The artistic couple had three daughters, all of which died at a young age. Frances Osgood authored numerous poems and short stories in the loftiest literary magazines. She entered into a scandal-causing relationship with Edgar Allan Poe, who lauded her works. The book includes an introduction by Maeve Barger and a short biography on the life of Frances Osgood. This is the first collection of her complete short stories. They include:Frances Osgood: Poetry in Prose (Jul. 2019), Romance of Real Life in New England (May 1836), The Crumpled Rose Leaf (Sep. 1836), A Day in New England (Nov. 1836), Florence Howard (Apr. 1839), The Doom (Aug. 1840), Pictures from a Painter's Life (Jan. 1841), The Waltz and the Wager (Apr. 1841), May Evelyn (Mar. 1842), Waste Paper, or "Trifles Light as Air" (Sep. 1842), Truth (Dec. 1842), The Coquette, or the Game of Life (Jan. 1843), Dora's Reward, or the "Ruse de Guerre" (Jun. 1843), Pride and Penitence (Sep. 1843), Grace Melvyn: or Which is the Bluestocking? (Aug. 1843), Lizzie Lincoln (Oct. 1843), Daguerreotype Pictures Taken on New Year's Day (Nov. 1843), The Wife (Dec. 1843), The Lady's Shadow (Jan. 1844), Kate Melburne (Jan. 1844), Newport Tableaux (Jan. 1844), A Match for the Matchmaker (Feb. 1844), The Poet's Metamorphosis (Mar. 1844), Virginia, the Little Match-Girl of Kentucky (Mar. 1844), Feeling Versus Beauty (Jun. 1844), Valentine's Day, or a Lover's Reminiscences (Jul. 1844), The Flower and Gem, or, the Choice of Grace Gordon (Aug. 1844), The Soul Awakened, or Which Shall Win Him (Oct. 1844), The Magic Lute (Nov. 1844), The Little Lost Shoe, or Fielding in Search of a Foot (Dec. 1844), The Soul Mirror (Jan. 1845), Florence Errington (Feb. 1845), Mabel (Feb. 1845), Carry Carlisle (Mar. 1845), Once More (Jul. 1845), Ida Grey (Aug. 1845), Leonora L'Estrange (Oct. 1845), Kate Carol, or Glimpses of a Soul (Mar. 1846), Glimpses of a Soul.-----No. II. (Jun. 1846), Glimpses of a Soul.-----No. III. (Sep. 1846), Athenais (Sep. 1846), Le Porte-Bouquet, or Genius and Ingenuity (Dec. 1846), Glimpses of a Soul (Feb. 1847), Life in New York. A Sketch of a Literary Soiree (Mar. 1847), Kate Carol to Mary S. (May 1847), Kate Carol to Her * (Aug. 1847), and Violet Vere's Vacation (May 1848).