Then he meets the beautiful and captivating Helene. His success makes him one of the citys most eligible bachelors but he resists the machinations of the local girls (and their mothers). A Tradition” by William Wordsworth also encouraged her to put pen to paper. Gertrude Atherton (1857 - 1948) Price Ruyler has been sent to San Francisco from New York to salvage the family business after the 1906 earthquake. The dark poem “The Force of Prayer or, the Founding of Bolton Priory.
Its rapids are deceptively narrow and shallow, but the powerful undercurrent is dangerous and hides a vast network of underwater caves and tunnels. There, after reading up on the local history, she learned of the River Wharfe and a spot known as the Strid. Perhaps it’s fitting that her shocking exploits mirrored the terror of her short story, “The Striding Place.” Atherton was inspired to write the tale after a trip to England. She also reportedly humiliated friend and fellow author Ambrose Bierce when he attempted to kiss her, sharing the story of his rejection with all she knew.
And then there’s a story about her gossiping behind Edith Wharton’s back, questioning the authorship of The House of Mirth. She reportedly passed up an opportunity to meet Oscar Wilde, because she found him unattractive. Nineteenth-century San Francisco author Gertrude Atherton was an eccentric character who favored fictional characters as independent and controversial as she was. The hand doubled as if in imprecation, shaking savagely in the face of that force which leaves its creatures to immutable law then spread wide again, clutching, expanding, crying for help as audibly as the human voice. He stepped as close to the edge as he dared. “The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton
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