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Saxe Holm's Stories

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First published: 1878
Pages: 299

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Helen Hunt Jackson's "Saxe Holm's Stories" Helen Hunt Jackson is a collection of engrossing short stories that are set in the United States in the 19th century. Every story reveals secrets, love, and the complexities of social life as it explores the nuances of human relationships. The narratives include "Draxy Miller's Dowry": which is a moving examination of sacrifice and love.

"The Elder's Wife": An insight into the difficulties an elderly woman faces.
"Whose Wife Was She?": is a riddle involving devotion and identification.
"The One-Legged Dancers": is a story about resiliency and serendipitous relationships.
"How One Woman Kept Her Husband": is an inspiring tale of tenacity and loyalty.
"Esther Wynn's Love-Letters": is an epistolary tale that reveals feelings that are kept secret.

About the author

Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson worked as a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and advocate, publishing under her own name as well as H.H. and Saxe Holm. Between Whiles collects stories issued after her death, while Bits About Home Matters shortens the original essay title Bits of Talk About Home Matters.