One of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's most popular short stories, "Evelina's Garden" tells the tale of two cousins -- one an elderly recluse, and one a beautiful young woman -- who are drawn together by a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind garden. Young Evelina is prepared to devote her life to caring for the extraordinary oasis, but when romance intervenes, everything begins to fall apart.
The information had to be obtained, by a process like mental thumb-screwing, from the old man who tended Evelina's garden, but at last they knew. She was the daughter of a cousin of Evelina's on the father's side. Her name was Evelina ...
Reproduction of the original: Evelina’s Garden by Mary E. Wilkins
Half tragedy, half romance, and a very hard tale to rate well.
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Selected Primary Works Deephaven , 1877 ; Old Friends and New , 1879 ; Country By - Ways , 1881 ; A Country Doctor , 1884 ; A Marsh Island , 1885 ; A White Heron , and Other Stories , 1886 ; The King of Folly Island , and Other People ...
Others describe conflicting desires for independence and lasting relationships. ø This volume of twenty-eight stories is the first to provide a representative sample of Freeman?s finest work, from all phases of her career.
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