Caroline Atwater Mason
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(aged 85)Caroline Atwater Mason | |
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 Mason circa 1898 | |
| Born | July 19, 1853 |
| Died | May 2, 1939 (aged 85) |
Caroline Atwater Mason (July 10, 1853 – May 2, 1939) was an American novelist and travel writer.
Caroline Atwater was born on July 10, 1853, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Mary Weaver and Stephen Atwater.[1] She was educated at the Friends Boarding School in Providence and studied in Germany for one year.[1] On May 29, 1877, she married John H. Mason, a clergyman who taught at Rochester Theological Seminary.[1]
She conducted research at the British Museum Reading Room and the Royal Library of the Netherlands.[1]
Mason opposed suffrage for women and was a member of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.[1]
She died on May 2, 1939, in Danvers, Massachusetts.[2]
Work
A Lily of France (1901), described as Mason's "best known story",[3] is a historical novel about Charlotte of Bourbon and William the Silent set largely in a 16th-century convent.[3] A review in the Chicago Tribune described it as a "sweet love story" with themes of religious liberty.[4] Holt of Heathfield (1904) is "a quiet recital of a young minister's life in a factory town".[5]
The Binding of the Strong (1909) is a love story based the romance of a woman of the last name Davis (whose first name is apparently lost to history) and John Milton.[6][7] The Spell of Italy (1910) is a lightly fictionalized account of travels throughout Italy.[8] The Spell of France (1912) is a similar travel narrative about France.[9]
