Brown, Alice

Alice (1857-), an American novelist and writer of short stories. She was born in New Hampshire, and many of her stories are descriptive of New England life and character. She taught school for some years but gave up teaching to devote her time to literary work. Her writings show insight into character, carefulness in style, and finish. She is specially successful in the short story. Meadow Grass is a collection of some of the best of these tales. Among other writings are The Road to Castalay, Fools of Nature, and Margaret Warrener.