Adventures of a Novelist

by Gertrude Atherton

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial.

598 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial.

She wrote using the pen names Asmodeus and Frank Lin, a play on her middle name.

Reviews

[Donnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Atherton's book is a page turner, which one would not suspect, given she is now an obscure novelist who lived a good part of her life in the Nineteenth Century.

Agree with the quote on the front cover: "It is almost impossible to put it down, once it is begun." And this holds true even though much of her gossipy comments are about people the modern age has forgotten.