Victorian Gossip Girl Annie Adams Fields™ at Merrick Public Library

It is Victorian-era & Reconstructionist-era Boston. Ticknor and Fields Publishing House is the most successful printing press and bookseller in the nation. The printing office was co-owned and operated by Annie's late husband James T. Fields. Finding herself in a life of solitude, Annie embraces the nostalgia of youth in her silver years, recollecting memories of her confidants and friends.

Mrs. Annie Adams Fields had incredible influence on literary decisions at Ticknor & Fields, which was the forerunner to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Counting amongst her friends: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Annie witnessed revelry at the height of Transcedentalism, along with a nation's despair, during the onslaught of Civil War.

Now Mrs. Fields offers her guests intimate secrets and extraordinary observations, including her years with Sarah Orne Jewett in a Boston Marriage. Join Mrs. Fields! She is a consummate hostess. There will be laughter, disbelief, awe, and even blushing cheeks, as you hear the tantalizing tales of this preeminent literary scout and accomplished writer! Learn how Ticknor & Fields (now called Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt Company), changed society and discover the woman who made it possible.

This event takes place at 6:00 pm ET at the Merrick Public Library, 2 Lincoln St, Brookfield, MA. Running Time: 60 Minutes. Followed by audience talkback. Rated PG. Family Friendly.

History At Play™, LLC (HAP) has been featured in the Associated Press, on WBZ News Radio, and in The New York Times. This performance is one installment in the company’s repertoire that chronicles the lives of influential and often forgotten figures.HAP was established by Judith "Jude" Kalaora. Kalaora is a professional educator, award-winning playwright, and living historian. Graduating Magna cum Laude from Syracuse University, Kalaora completed the Globe Education Program at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London, England.

Since 2010, the HAP Troupe has brought the legacies of great historic trailblazers to life with live and in-person/virtual performances and keynote speeches in museums, libraries, corporate settings, universities, historical societies, senior living communities, and schools across the United States.

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