Aliens is a novel by Mary Tappan Wright. It was first
published in hardcover by Charles Scribner''s Sons in
March, 1902. It was wright''s first
published novel and second published book. It was reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, LLC, in June, 2007.
(Plot)
Reception According to its review in
The New York Times, 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 ..."