Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840-January 24, 1894) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Cooper portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, 1822 James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... The U.S. Southern states or The South, known during the American Civil War era as Dixie, is a distinctive region of the United States with its own unique historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

Life and writings

Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, Woolson’s family soon moved to Cleveland, Ohio after the deaths of three of her sisters from scarlet fever. Woolson was educated at the Cleveland Female Seminary and a boarding school in New York. She traveled extensively through the midwestern and northeastern regions of the U.S. during her childhood and young adulthood. Claremont is a city located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

Woolson’ father died in 1869, and in the following year she began to publish fiction and essays in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. Her first full-length publication was a children’s book, The Old Stone House (1873), and in 1875 she published her first volume of short stories, Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches, based on her experiences in the Great Lakes region. February 1862 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, with The Battle Hymn of the Republic on the front page. ... An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, and the arts. ...

From 1873 to 1879 Woolson wintered with her mother in St. Augustine, Florida. During these winter visits she traveled widely in the South, which gave her material for her next collection of short stories, Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches (1880). After her mother’s death in 1879 she went to Europe, staying at a succession of hotels in England, France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Five flags have flown over St. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK...

In 1880 she met Henry James, and the relationship between the two writers has prompted much speculation by biographers. Woolson’s most famous story, Miss Grief, has been read as a fictionalization of the relationship, though she had not yet met James when she wrote it. Photograph of Henry James Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), son of Henry James Sr. ...

Woolson published her first novel Anne in 1880, followed by three others: East Angels (1886), Jupiter Lights (1889) and Horace Chase (1894). In 1883 she published the novella For the Major, a story of the postwar South that has become one of her most respected fictions. In the winter of 1889-1890 she traveled to Egypt and Greece, which resulted in a collection of travel sketches, Mentone, Cairo and Corfu (published posthumously in 1896).

In 1893 Woolson rented an elegant apartment on the Grand Canal in Venice. Suffering from influenza and depression, she either jumped or fell to her death from a window in the apartment in January, 1894. Two volumes of her short stories appeared after her death: The Front Yard and Other Italian Stories (1895) and Dorothy and Other Italian Stories (1896). She is buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. The Grand Canal of China connects a series of rivers in China. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Negatively stained flu virions. ... Look up depression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BCE mythical, 1st millennium BCE Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2005)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 3. ...

Critical evaluation

Woolson’s short stories are regarded today as competent and readable examples of local color. Her novels have suffered somewhat in comparison, though they also reflect her ability to paint impressive backgrounds for her fiction. Local color is a type of writing that was popular in the late 19th century, particularly among authors in the U. S. South. ...

Her story Jeannette is a fine example of her first period of Great Lakes fiction, with an ending that plays against conventional romance. Rodman the Keeper represents her second period of Southern-based fiction, and shows sympathy for both Northern and Southern cultures and worldviews. In Sloane Street, from Woolson’s final European period, shows genuine insight into the problems of an unmarried woman writer who is staying with a married couple.

External links

• Woolson website with links to texts, criticism and biography
• Website of the Constance Fenimore Woolson Society