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The Givers, by Mary Wilkins Freeman, is a collection of interconnected stories centered around the fictional Abbott family and the people around them in small-town New England. Mary Wilkins Freeman was famous for writing deeply human, emotionally observant stories about ordinary people — especially women — in quiet rural communities. Unlike many sentimental Victorian books, Freeman’s characters often feel very realistic and emotionally layered. She was known for portraying women as intelligent, stubborn, conflicted, and independent at a time when that was less common in fiction. The “givers” of the title refers not just to people giving money or gifts, but to emotional sacrifice, duty, kindness, and the ways people quietly give parts of themselves to others. Good condition. Library stamp on inside cover.