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By the Light of the Soul: A Novel

Author
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Language
English
Length
448 pages
ISBN
9781836101802
Published
17 February 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • childhood
  • family
  • loss
  • innocence
  • moral growth
  • New England
  • introspection
  • grief
  • coming of age
  • emotional struggle

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By the Light of the Soul follows Maria Edgham, a sensitive New England girl navigating her mother’s illness and her father’s possible remarriage. As she struggles with childhood innocence, family bonds, and the complexities of adult life, Maria confronts loss, longing, and moral awakening. Freeman captures her quiet reflections, emotional growth, and the tensions between youthful imagination and harsh realities.

Author

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) grew up in Randolph, Massachusetts, and wrote the New England village as if every parlour were a theatre of will. A New England Nun is the famous short weather of a woman who will not be hurried into marriage; Pembroke is the same climate at novel length — pride, church, and a stubbornness that can freeze a town. She later took the Howells Medal. The regional is never small in her hands. Thrift has a pulse.

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