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Luella Miller by Mary Wilkins Freeman—Feminist Gothic Literature, Short Story

Description

Luella Miller is an unusual woman… anyone who helps her, becomes pale, lifeless, and dies. In this femme fatale story, “Luella Miller” (1902) by Mary Wilkins Freeman, readers get a mysterious, sinister vampire story, without any explicit information about vampires.

Included in this literary analysis of the gothic, feminist short story, you will get:

  • the full text of Luella Miller by Mary Wilkins Freeman (first published in the December 1902 issue of Everybody’s Magazine and again in Wilkins’ collection The Wind in the Rose-bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural.)
  • before reading discussion questions
  • academic vocabulary graphic organizer and answers
  • reading comprehension questions and literary analysis with answer keys
  • after reading chronological order timeline and answer key
  • after reading summarizing strategy

File Types Included:

Answer Keys (PDF)

Student Copy of Activities (Word document—editable for teachers)

Student Copy of Activities (PDF—ready to print)

Full Text “Luella Miller” (PDF)

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