Alice French
(1850–1934)

American novelist and short story writer; prided herself on accurately depicting the physical setting of her stories, and limning the customs and dialect of her characters; used pseudonym Octave Thanet

Alice French

Works

edit
  • Knitters in the Sun, 1887 (external scan)
  • Nicholas Fej, 1898 (external scan)
  • The heart of toil, 1898 (external scan)
  • Expiation, 1890 (external scan)
  • Otto the knight, 1891 (external scan)
  • We all, 1891 (external scan)
  • Stories of a western town, 1893 (external scan)
  • An adventure in photography, 1893 (external scan)
  • A Book of True Lovers, 1897 (external scan)
  • The missionary sheriff, 1897 (external scan)
  • The Conscience Of Alderman McGinnis, 1898 (external scan)
  • A slave to duty, 1898 (external scan)
  • The man of the hour, 1905 (external scan)
  • The lion's share, 1907 (external scan)
  • By Inheritance, 1910 (external scan)
  • Stories that end well, 1911 (external scan)
  • A step on the stair, 1913 (external scan)
  • And the Captain Answered, 1917 (external scan)
  • A house party: an account of stories told at a gathering of famous American authors with Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902; Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922; Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925; Grant, Robert, 1852-1940; Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920; Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909; Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943; Runkle, Bertha, 1879-1958; Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902; Wister, Owen, 1860-1938, 1901 (external scan)

Individual short stories

edit

Non-fiction

edit

Works about French

edit


 

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1934, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 89 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse