Mrs. Spring Fragrance
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| Mrs. Spring Fragrance | |
| Author | Sui Sin Far |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story, Asian-American literature |
| Publisher | A. C. McClurg |
| Publication date | 1912 |
| Media type | print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 347 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | NA |
Mrs. Spring Fragrance was a popular short story collection by Sui Sin Far, pen name of Canadian writer Edith Maude Eaton. Although written in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the book did not appear until 1912. The original publisher was A. C. McClurg and Company of Chicago.
The stories are divided into two halves, "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" for adults, and "Tales of Chinese Children" for children. Set in Seattle and San Francisco, they reflect the struggles and joys in the daily lives of Chinese families in North America. Particularly poignant are the stories delineating the cultural conflicts of Eurasians and recent immigrants. In the ironically titled "In the Land of the Free", Eaton shows the suffering inflicted by discriminatory immigration laws.
