A New England Nun,a short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman is about the life of a woman named Louisa Ellis. Ellis struggles with the thought of marrying her fiance after not seeing each other for 14 years. Over the years in which her fiance was absent from her life she has become accustomed to being alone. Louisa develops a strong attachment to her feminine belongings and routine lifestyle. Her attachment is so strong, in fact, Louisa can not even bare the thought of these things in a new home to be mixed with masculine elements where they will lose their significance and she will have to say goodbye to them. At the same time, Louisa fears that her independence will be lost forever and she will not be able to keep herself organized as she
