Wildflower Tales

8: The Three Misses Benedict at Yale by Mrs. Burton Harrison

Today, a light romantic tale that could easily be made into a Hallmark movie today. Written by Constance Cary Harrison, an American writer who shared many a glance into the elite New York Society she hosted.  Places to Learn More About the Author Looking for more on Constance Cary Harrison’s life and literary contributions? Here are four excellent resources to explore: 1. A list of her books [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/438892.Constance_Cary_Harrison] at GoodReads.com [http://GoodReads.com]  2. Discover details of her life and works at Encyclopedia Virginia [https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/harrison-burton-mrs-1843-1920].  3. Read her memoir of the Civil War, Recollections Grave and Gay [https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/harrison/harrison.html] at the University of North Carolina 4. Read about her life on Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Cary_Harrison]. Thank you for listening. We'd love to hear your thoughts on “The Three Misses Benedict at Yale" or any of Harrison’s stories you've enjoyed. Share your insights and reflections on social media using our hashtag #WildflowerTales. Your comments might be featured in our next episode! If you enjoyed this literary journey, remember to subscribe, rate, and review us on your preferred podcast platform. Your feedback fuels our passion for sharing more. Until our next meeting in the garden of words, keep reading, keep dreaming, and keep listening to "Wildflower Tales."

7: The Swiss Peasant by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Today's episode is a romantic tale set during the time of the French Revolution from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, an American writer best known for novel, Frankenstein.  Places to Learn More About the Author Looking for more on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s life and literary contributions? Here are four excellent resources to explore: 1. A comprehensive biography [https://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html] on Shelley by Eleanor Ty, Wilfrid Laurier University. 2. The largest collection of her papers is Lord Abinger's Shelley Collection on deposit at the Bodleian Library, Oxford [https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/767]. 3. An essay on The Swiss Peasant from the University of Chicago [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/TWC48010046]. 4. Read about "House of horror: Bath opens the world’s first museum dedicated to Mary Shelley" from The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jul/23/house-of-horror-bath-opens-the-worlds-first-museum-dedicated-to-mary-shelley]. Thank you for listening. We'd love to hear your thoughts on “The Swiss Peasant" or any of Shelley’s stories you've enjoyed. Share your insights and reflections on social media using our hashtag #WildflowerTales. Your comments might be featured in our next episode! If you enjoyed this literary journey, remember to subscribe, rate, and review us on your preferred podcast platform. Your feedback fuels our passion for sharing more. Until our next meeting in the garden of words, keep reading, keep dreaming, and keep listening to "Wildflower Tales."

6: The Four-Fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards

Today, we're setting off on a literary journey through the captivating world of Amelia B. Edwards as we explore one of her most popular supernatural tales, "The Four-Fifteen Express," a tale that combines mystery, intrigue, and a vital cigar case.  Places to Learn More About the Author Looking for more on Amelia B. Edwards' life and literary contributions? Here are four excellent resources to explore: * The Amelia B. Edwards Collection at the Griffith Institute Archive [https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/amelia-edwards-collection] in England. * Amelia founded the Egypt Exploration Society in 1882 - learn more there on her career in Egyptology [https://www.ees.ac.uk/amelia-edwards-writer-adventurer-explorer]. * Watch this YouTube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ql2Vmc7fqs] regarding her Egyptian activities from the Olana Partnership. * Discover details on her life and works page at Fantasticfiction.com [https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/amelia-b-edwards/]. * Visit her Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Edwards]. Thank you for listening. We'd love to hear your thoughts on "The Four-Fifteen Express" or any other Amelia B. Edwards stories you've enjoyed. Share your insights and reflections on social media using our hashtag #WildflowerTales. Your comments might be featured in an upcoming episode! If you enjoyed this literary journey, remember to subscribe, rate, and review us on your preferred podcast platform. Your feedback fuels our passion for sharing more. Until our next meeting in the garden of words, keep reading, keep dreaming, and keep listening to "Wildflower Tales."

5: The Wind in the Rose-bush by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Today, we're embarking on a haunting tale with Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, an American writer known for known for her contributions to New England regionalist literature. In this episode, we share Freeman’s short ghost story “The Wind in the Rose-bush," an eerie tale of that blends domestic life with the supernatural and considered one of her best stories.  Places to Learn More About the Author Looking for more on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s life and literary contributions? Here are four excellent resources to explore: 1. A site entirely devoted [http://wilkinsfreeman.info/] to information and the works of the author. 2. Discover details of her life and works at AmericanLiterature.com [https://americanliterature.com/author/mary-e-wilkins-freeman]. 3. Some of her letters are housed at Loyola University Chicago [http://www.lib.luc.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/autograph-collection/mary-e--wilkins-freeman] along with other writers. 4. Read about her and other important women on the New Jersey Women’s History Website [https://njwomenshistory.org/biographies/mary-e-wilkins-freeman-2/]. Thank you for listening. We'd love to hear your thoughts on “The Wind in the Rose-bush " or any of Freeman’s stories you've enjoyed. Share your insights and reflections on social media using our hashtag #WildflowerTales. Your comments might be featured in our next episode! If you enjoyed this literary journey, remember to subscribe, rate, and review us on your preferred podcast platform. Your feedback fuels our passion for sharing more. Until our next meeting in the garden of words, keep reading, keep dreaming, and keep listening to "Wildflower Tales."

4: The Shell of Sense by Olivia Howard Dunbar

Olivia Howard Dunbar's hope for a revitalization of supernatural fiction was realized decades after her article appeared, as a number of writers—many of them women—published stories featuring phantoms of various kinds. She herself contributed to that renaissance, writing several psychological ghost stories that also display her interest in marriage and women’s lives.  Places to Learn More About the Author Looking for more on Olivia Howard Dunbar’s life and literary contributions? Here are four excellent resources to explore: 1. See the place she wrote! Dunbar was a frequent Fellow at MacDowell [https://www.macdowell.org/artists/olivia-dunbar], residing at this artist retreat over a dozen times between 1914 and 1952.  2. The Library of America [https://storyoftheweek.loa.org/2012/09/the-shell-of-sense.html] has a great profile page regarding Dunbar and this story. 3. During her reporting days, Olivia Howard Dunbar then with the New York Evening News interviewed Mother Jones for the Hellraisers Journal [https://weneverforget.org/hellraisers-journal-olivia-howard-dunbar-of-new-york-evening-news-interviews-mother-jones-in-pennsylvania/], a pro-labor publication of the time. Dunbar was a well-known Suffragist as well. Thank you for listening. We'd love to hear your thoughts on "The Shell of Sense" or any other Olivia Howard Dunbar stories you've enjoyed. Share your insights and reflections on social media using our hashtag #WildflowerTales. Your comments might be featured in our next episode! If you enjoyed this literary journey, remember to subscribe, rate, and review us on your preferred podcast platform. Your feedback fuels our passion for sharing more. Until our next meeting in the garden of words, keep reading, keep dreaming, and keep listening to "Wildflower Tales."