Cairns Collection of American Women Writers
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 42
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Twayne Publishers
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English
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A critical and sympathetic examination of the total literary and cultural significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a legend in her own time, who not only championed the abolition of slavery but also women's rights, the protection of children against exploitation, and the temperance movement.
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Library of America volume 4
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Literary Classics of the United States
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[1982]
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English
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Tells the stories of a saint-like slave, a religious woman's courtship in eighteenth-century Newport, R.I., and life in a small Massachusetts town.
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English
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A millionaire's son who's gotten somewhat out of hand is sent out to Dad's ranch in Montana to reform. Years ago his father had gotten into a lively feud with some neighbours, the Kings, whose ill-will is still as strong as ever. Naturally our protagonist falls for their beautiful daughter. There's a jolt of added energy in his handful of encounters with peppery old man King. (Goodreads)
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English
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"Individual letters and fragments of letters composed by author Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-96) between 1827 and 1893 are incorporated here into a continuous biographical narrative of Stowe's life. Though the materials assembled inadequately represent Stowe's correspondence, they do give a sense of her views on religion, marriage, child rearing, slavery, and writing."
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English
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Duty, loneliness, and longing are recurring themes in this 1918 collection of a dozen short stories by the author of Show Boat. Includes "The Gay Old Dog." "The Tough Guy," "The Eldest," "That's Marriage," "The Woman Who Tried to Be Good," "The Girl Who Went Right," "The Hooker-Up-the-Back," and "The Guiding Miss Gowd."
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The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson is a highly acclaimed collection of short stories that provides insight into the lives of African Americans in the early 20th century. Through her vivid and evocative writing, Dunbar-Nelson takes readers on a journey through the struggles and triumphs of her characters as they strive to achieve social equity in a racially divided society.
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English
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A man finds himself trapped in a deadly love triangle in this haunting mystery from one of America's earliest detective fiction writers.
Acting on a suggestion that the perfect model for his sculpture of Antigone could be found at the Beech Grove estate, Mr. Ruxton, an artist, travels to Cooperstown, New York, to find her. There, he is overcome by passion at his first sight of Miss Hurd, a companion to the lady of the house. But Ruxton is not...
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English
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This lively collection of stories for and about children was originally published in 1878. The tales are both clever and charming and are filled with a simple humor that today's children are sure to appreciate. The selections include "Nancy's Doll," "The Best China Saucer," "The Kitten's Ghost," and "The Shipwrecked Buttons."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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A portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the straitened confines of her domestic situation. Highlights the treatment of marital infidelity and an illicit relationship.
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Scrap bag volume 6
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English
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An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving How it all Happened The Dolls' Journey from Minnesota to Maine Morning-Glories Shadow-Children Poppy's Pranks What the Swallows did Little Gulliver The Whale's Story A Strange Island Fancy's Friend
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English
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The leading feminist intellectual of her day, Margaret Fuller has been remembered for her groundbreaking work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, which recharted the gender roles of nineteenth-century men and women. In this new collection, the full range of her literary career is represented--from her earliest poetry to her final dispatch from revolutionary Italy. For the first time, the complete texts of Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Summer on...
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"First published in 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe's third novel is set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Mary Scudder lives in a modest farmhouse with her widowed mother and their boarder, Samuel Hopkins, a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Mary is in love with the passionate James Marvyn, but Mary is devout and James is a skeptic, and...