Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well as her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition.
Genres: Historical Romance
Novels
Glimpses Of Three Coasts (1886)
What Dreams May Come (1888)
Cerritos (1890)
The Doomswoman (1895)
American Wives and English Husbands (1898)
The Valiant Runaways (1898)
A Daughter of the Vine (1899)
Senator North (1900)
The Aristocrats (1901)
The Conqueror (1902)
Mrs. Pendleton's Four-In-Hand (1903)
Rulers of Kings (1904)
The Travelling Thirds (1905)
Rezanov (1906)
Ancestors (1907)
Tower of Ivory (1910)
Julia France and Her Times (1912)
Perch of the Devil (1914)
Before the Gringo Came (1915)
Mrs. Balfame (1916)
The White Morning (1918)
The Avalanche (1919)
The Sisters-in-Law (1921)
Sleeping Fires (1922)
Black Oxen (1923)
The Crystal Cup (1925)
The Gorgeous Isle (1927)
The Immortal Marriage (1927)
The Jealous Gods (1928)
Dido, Queen of Hearts (1929)
The Sophisticates (1931)
Golden Peacock (1936)
The House of Lee (1940)
The Horn Of Life (1942)
What Dreams May Come (1888)
Cerritos (1890)
The Doomswoman (1895)
American Wives and English Husbands (1898)
The Valiant Runaways (1898)
A Daughter of the Vine (1899)
Senator North (1900)
The Aristocrats (1901)
The Conqueror (1902)
Mrs. Pendleton's Four-In-Hand (1903)
Rulers of Kings (1904)
The Travelling Thirds (1905)
Rezanov (1906)
Ancestors (1907)
Tower of Ivory (1910)
Julia France and Her Times (1912)
Perch of the Devil (1914)
Before the Gringo Came (1915)
Mrs. Balfame (1916)
The White Morning (1918)
The Avalanche (1919)
The Sisters-in-Law (1921)
Sleeping Fires (1922)
Black Oxen (1923)
The Crystal Cup (1925)
The Gorgeous Isle (1927)
The Immortal Marriage (1927)
The Jealous Gods (1928)
Dido, Queen of Hearts (1929)
The Sophisticates (1931)
Golden Peacock (1936)
The House of Lee (1940)
The Horn Of Life (1942)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
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Books containing stories by Gertrude Atherton
Weird Woods (2020)
Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 17)
edited by
John Miller
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