French, Alice

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French, Alice 1850- , an American novelist, better known as Octave Thanet, born in Andover, Mass. She published articles on economics and social science in 1878, and after her removal to Arkansas and Iowa began to write short stories. The new scenes and interests furnished her with fresh themes for literature which attracted attention because of their very novelty. She has written The Bishop's Vagabond, Whitsun Harp, Knitters in the Sun, Otto the Knight, A Book of True Lovers, Stories of a Western Town, Expiation, We All and The Man of the Hour. She also edited The Best Letters of Mary Wortle Montague.