Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 
By the Light of the Soul 
A Novel

New England writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman had a particular talent for capturing the rhythms of domestic life in her native region’s small towns and villages, as well as illuminating the small domestic dramas and conflicts experienced by her characters. Those strengths are displayed prominently in the novel By the Light of the Soul, which follows young Maria Edgham as she grapples with grief and dashed expectations.