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Harriet Prescott Spofford,
n.d. Library of Congress,
Prints and Photographs Div. |
Poet and writer
Harriet Prescott Spofford was born today in Calais, ME, in 1835. A notable figure in mystery fiction for her stories "
In a Cellar" (1859), "
Mr. Furbush" (1865), and "
In the Maguerriwock" (1868) in terms of the development of the professional detective and the mystery story, Spofford published her work in the major periodicals of her day such as the
Atlantic Monthly,
Harper's Bazar, and
Scribner's Monthly. Her career of more than 60 years also included works of supernatural fiction such as "
The Black Bess" (1868), and Spofford's "
Her Story" (1872) is considered to be an important precursor to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic feminist work "The Yellow Wall-Paper" (1892). She died in 1921.
(Clues articles on Spofford here and here)
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