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

Works

Individual short stories

  • "The Cabinet Organ," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Jul 1896
  • "The Day of the Cyclone" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Ma 1888
  • "Expiation" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Jan 1890
  • "The Grateful Reporter," in McClure's Magazine, Oct 1897
  • "The Hypnotist," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Oct 1896
  • "His Duty," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Sep 1896
  • "Max—Or His Picture" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Dec 1899
  • "The Mortgage on Jeffy" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Oct 1887
  • "The Next Room," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Nov 1896
  • "The Non-Combatant," in Scribner's Magazine, Jun 1897
  • "An Old Grand Army Man," in McClure's Magazine, Jun 1898
  • "On Returning Certain Published Letters of W. M. T." (poem) Scribner's Magazine, 1887
  • "Otto the Knight," in Scribner's Magazine, Aug 1888
  • "The People of the Cities" (essay) Scribner's Magazine, Sep 1894
  • "The People that We Serve" (essay) Scribner's Magazine, Aug 1894
  • "The Plumb Idiot" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Dec 1890
  • "The Right of the Strongest" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Dec 1902
  • "A Spectre of Folly" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, May 1891
  • "The Spellbinder," in McClure's Magazine, Apr 1897
  • "Stories of a Western Town" (sl. short stories) Scribner's Magazine, Aug 1892
  • "A Timid Woman," in The Idler, vol. 10, 1892
  • "Under Five Shillings" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Jul 1890
  • "The Way of an Election" (ss) Scribner's Magazine, Sep 1897
  • "The Working-Man" (essay) Scribner's Magazine, Jul 1894
  • "The Woman that Understood," in Scribner's Magazine, Dec 1900

Non-fiction

  • "The People of the Cities: Sketches of American Types", Scribner's Magazine, Oct 1894
  • "The People that We Serve: Sketches of American Types", Scribner's Magazine, Aug 1894
  • "The Working-Man: Sketches of American Types", Scribner's Magazine, Jul 1894

Works about French


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1925.


The author died in 1934, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also 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.

 
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