This is Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823-1902). She published her first novel 'The Morgesons' in 1862. We follow the development of heroine, Cassandra Morgeson, and her unworldly sister Veronica. Cassandra develops a taste for the wrong kind of man, falling in love with her married cousin Charles. After he dies when their carriage overturns, she becomes … Continue reading The Morgesons – Elizabeth Stoddard →