![]() ![]() The story concerns Weigall, a gentleman who has come to Yorkshire to hunt with his best friend, Wyatt Gifford. The title refers to a real place called the Strid, a series of perilous waterfalls and rapids along a section of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England. It reappeared under its new title in the second issue of The Smart Set in July of 1900, and was included in Atherton’s 1905 collection The Bell In The Fog & Other Stories (read it here). ![]() “The Striding Place” was first published under the title of “The Twins” in the Jissue of The Speaker. Atherton was born with a facility for telling stories.” An early feminist, her novels often feature strong-willed women who fight for their own independence. Wharton, with some difficulty, it would appear, has learned to write Mrs. Her writing was often compared to that of her contemporary Edith Wharton ( Ethan Frome), although Carl Van Vechten once remarked, “Mrs. She wrote novels, short stories, and essays, and was noted for fictionalized biographies such as The Conquerer (1902), her account of the life of Alexander Hamilton. Gertrude Atherton was born in San Francisco, California in 1857. ![]() The blog will resume its standard format in May. This is the first entry in a two-week series focusing on a horror anthology edited by Patton Oswalt called Ghost Box II (buy it here). ![]()
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