The Prairie Wife, published in 1915 by Canadian-American author Arthur Stringer, is an epistolary novel told through the letters of a city-bred woman adjusting to life on a prairie homestead. Stringer’s trilogy of prairie novels was popular in its day for its vivid portrait of settler life and the challenges faced by women on the agricultural frontier.
Warm, witty, and grounded in the rhythms of rural life, the novel offers a valuable perspective on early twentieth-century homesteading. This free public-domain EPUB is available for download at Better Gutenberg.