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Evelina's Garden

Author
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Read by
Tess Ravenscroft
Language
English
Length
1 hour 32 minutes
ISBN
9781836100362
Published
8 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • society
  • ambition
  • New England
  • winter
  • romance
  • jealousy
  • desire

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Description

Evelina Adams, a reclusive squire’s daughter, lives a life of solitude, tending a flourishing garden that mirrors her unfulfilled desires. When her young cousin Evelina arrives, the two become entwined in a subtle romance with Thomas Merriam, the village minister. Amid love, societal expectation, and personal sacrifice, the story explores seclusion, longing, and the passage of time in a quiet New England village.

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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