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"Certain to stimulate additional scholarship, not only Woolson but also about the 19th-century American literary landscape…A superb resource…Highly recommended."
--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

“Provides access to a rich archive of letters written by a woman author with a distinctive voice and decided opinion.”
--Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers

“Speculation over the closeness of her friendship with [Henry] James and the motives for her suicide has dominated accounts of her. The publication of her surviving letters shifts the balance.”
--London Review of Books

“Dean has single-handedly advanced immeasurably the study of this remarkable author… It is an immense achievement that will spark new readings of Woolson’s life and works.”
--The Henry James Review

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