Capitola the Madcap

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819–1899) was a preeminent American writer of the 19th century, celebrated for her prolific contributions to the genre of sentimental and domestic fiction. Best known by her pen name, E.D.E.N. Southworth, she authored over sixty novels, often weaving tales that both challenged and conformed to the expectations of her era's social mores. Southworth's works we...