Women

Ben Ames Williams was an American writer celebrated for his engaging novels and short stories. He explored human relationships and the complexities of life in his work, including his book Women. Readers often enjoyed his straightforward storytelling and vivid characters.

Edwin Lefèvre was a journalist and writer focused on finance and the stock market. He is best known for his classic book Reminiscences of a stock operator, alongside other titles such as The Plunderers and Women.

Fannie Hurst was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of a successful shoe manufacturer. Her parents were Bavarian-Jews who had immigrated to the U.S. in 1860. Hurst was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and received her A.B. degree from Washington University in 1909. She went to Columbia University in New York for graduate courses in 1910. She wanted to be a writer, both to support herself and to study people, she worked as a waitress and as a salesgirl. She also did bit acting roles in the theate...

Grant Overton is the compiler of The World's One Hundred Best Stories, a collection that spans a wide range of fiction. He has a knack for bringing together excellent tales for readers to discover.

William Somerset Maugham was born at the British Embassy in Paris, France, where his father was an English lawyer handling the legal affairs of the British embassy. His mother died of tuberculosis while he was young, a death which traumatized him for life. Two years later, his father died of cancer, and he was sent to England to be cared for by his uncle, Henry MacDonald Maugham, the Vicar of Whitstable, in Kent. His uncle was cold and cruel, and the boarding school he attended, The King's Sc...