White Linen Nurse

White Linen Nurse was originally written by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott and first published in 1913. The novel emerged during a period when the romanticized, often idealized profession of the nurse was a popular trope in American popular fiction, reflecting contemporary societal views on gender roles, medical service, and domesticity. The narrative centers on a nurse who, seeking to escape the hardships of her profession, enters into a complicated domestic arrangement with a widowed surgeon.

This specific edition is a 2015 reprint produced by CreateSpace, an on-demand publishing service. While the original 1913 publication featured distinctive illustrative work intended to capture the sentimental spirit of the Progressive Era, this modern reprint is a utilitarian reproduction designed to make Abbott's out-of-copyright text available to contemporary readers who appreciate the historical flavor of early twentieth-century popular literature.