''Aliens'' is a novel by

Mary Tappan Wright Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1916) was an American novelist"Wright, Mary Tappan" in ''The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge''. New York, The Encyclopedia American Corporation, v. 29, 1920, p. 570.Wallace, W. Stewart. ''A Dic ...

. It was first published in hardcover by

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in March, 1902. It was Wright's first published novel and second published book. It was reprinted by

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, LLC, in June, 2007.

Reception

According to its review in ''

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'', the novel presents "a wonderfully graphic picture of the South as it is to-day. A picture vivid with the descriptions of the violent antagonisms which still sway that unhappy region, pathetic in the portrayal of the misery of the negroes, and full of charm in the lovely pictures of the soft beauty of the Southern savannahs. ... No one can read the book without learning much of the beautiful and unhappy South land, of which most Northerners are ignorant ..."

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"Mary Tappan Wright's 'Aliens.'
- a review in ''

'', May 17, 1902. 1902 American novels Novels by Mary Tappan Wright 1902 debut novels {{1900s-novel-stub