Autres noms: Coburn, Mrs. Fordyce
Date de naissance: 1872-09-22
Date de décès: 1958-06-04
Sexe: female
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Lieu du décès: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Lieux de résidence: New Hampshire, USA
Études: Radcliffe College
Professions: romance novelist
poet
magazine writer
Relations: Abbott, Jacob (grandfather)
Organisations: Boston Authors
Authors League of America
Courte biographie: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott grew up in a religious and scholarly environment as the daughter of a clergyman and the granddaughter of the noted children’s writer Jacob Abbott. She graduated from Radcliffe College and worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School. In 1908, she married Dr. Fordyce Coburn, a physician, and moved to New Hampshire. Eleanor Abbott wrote many articles for the Ladies Home Journal, Collier's, and Harper's magazines in addition to her popular romance novels, which included Molly Make-Believe (1910), The Indiscreet Letter (1915), and The Ne'er Do Much (1918), as well as a memoir, Being Little In Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big (1936).

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The Indiscreet Letter par Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Nice and short, intensely interesting once the girl began to tell her story, but the ending was so abrupt. It was a happy ending, evidently, but I wanted to know much more! Just one more chapter would have made it feel more finished.

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Alishadt | 1 autre critique | Feb 25, 2023 |

Molly Make-Believe par Hallowell Eleanor Abbott

Fluffy, kinda silly turn-of-the-century romance. It was fun to read, but not too profound. What got me to read it was the interesting premise: Man who is very sick is disappointed because his fiancee is going on vacation and seems to think he can just fend for himself, so she won't hardly even write letters to him. In passing, she suggests that he subscribe to a letter service: you can sign up to receive love letters, letters from a historical figure, letters from a squirrel, letters from a pirate, etc., etc. (Yes, I said squirrel.) That just cracked me up and I wish that such a thing really existed. He, of course, signs up for love letters, thinking that when his fiancee returns he will use them to educate her on the type of letters that he wanted her to write. But you can pretty much guess the rest.… (plus d'informations)

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Alishadt | Feb 25, 2023 |

Little Eve Edgarton par Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Best thing I've read in a while. Unfortunately, I had to go all the way back to 1914 to find it. Not at all what I expected. In the first place "Little Eve" isn't a child as I had suspected but rather a diminutive 30-year woman. And what a woman!! Eve was the most original female character that I think I've ever read. Quirky and eccentric and a beautiful, beautiful soul. This is a quick read and I loved everything about it. It was just a wonderful unexpected bit of lagniappe that made my weekend!… (plus d'informations)

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AliceAnna | Feb 16, 2020 |

Rainy Week (1921) par Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

You can download this for free from the Gutenberg Project. It is also available for free from Google Play store.

A lady and her husband plan an annual week at their beach cottage during the rainiest week of the year. They always invite guests that don't know each other that fit a certain description- a confirmed bachelor, a May-girl, someone with a past, a pair of newlyweds, etc. They then watch the proceedings as if it were a play. The story is fun, with all the little coincidences that would never happen but seem possible as you read. I've read this story a couple of times but didn't remember the final twist until almost the end. Miss Hallowell-Abbot is an entertaining author along the lines of L M Montgomery.… (plus d'informations)

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wrightja2000 | Sep 6, 2018 |

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