common trope in literature. Through characters such as Louisa in her short story: “A New England Nun,” Freeman challenges contemporary ideas concerning female roles, values, and relationships in society. Also, Freeman's short story “The Revolt of 'Mother'" illustrated the struggles of rural women and the role they played within their families. “The Revolt of 'Mother'” initiated the discussion on the rights of rural woman, went on to inspire many more pieces discussing the lack of control rural woman had over families finances, and looking to improve the structure of farm families in the early twentieth-century. The one-act opera The Village Singer by Stephen Paulus was adapted from a Freeman short story; it was commissioned by Opera Theater of Saint Louis, and was premiered in 1979. Although she produced a dozen volumes of short stories and as many novels, Freeman is remembered chiefly for the first two collections of stories, A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887) and A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891), and the novel Pembroke (1894) (Britannica Encyclopedia). Bibliography Decorative Plaques (1883) The Adventures of Ann (1886) A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887) A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891) The Revolt of Mother (1891) Young Lucretia and Other Stories (1892) The Pot of Gold and Other Stories (1892) Jane Field (1892) Giles Corey (1893) Pembroke (1894) Comfort Pease and Her Gold Ring (1895) Madelon (1896) Once Upon A Time (1897) Jerome, a Poor Man (1897) Silence, and other Stories (1898) People of Our Neighborhood (1898) Some of Our Neighbours (1898) In Colonial Times (1899) The Jamesons (1899) Evelina's Garden (1899) The Love of Parson Lord and Other Stories (1900) The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century (1900) Understudies (1901) The Portion of Labor (1901) A Far-Away Melody and Other Stories (1902) Six Trees (1903) The Wind in the Rose Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural (1903) The Givers and Other Stories (1904) The Debtor (1905) Doc Gordon (1906) The Fair Lavinia, and Others (1907) By the Light of the Soul (1907) The Shoulders of Atlas (1908) The Winning Lady, and Others (1909) The Green Door (1910)] The Butterfly House (1912) The Yates Pride (1912) The Copy–Cat, and Other Stories (1914) An Alabaster Box (1917) Edgewater People (1918) The Best Stories of Mary E. Wilkins (1927) Collected Ghost Stories (1974) See also Mary Wilkins Freeman House – Metuchen home,