EAF Author: Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867)
Works in the Collection Manuscript Materials Biographies Other Resources
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, one of the first American women authors to gain prominence, was born and educated in Massachusetts. She gained fame as a writer of "moral" tales, which were quite popular in her day. Sedgwick's A New England Tale is considered America's first domestic novel. Other popular Sedgwick books included Hope Leslie and Married or Single?. Sedgwick was held in high regard by both the reading public and her peers.
Works in the EAF Collection
The Boy of Mount Rhigi (1848)
Clarence; or, a Tale of Our Own Times (1830) [Volume 1] [Volume 2]
Home (1835)
Hope Leslie (1827) [Volume 1] [Volume 2]
Le Bossu from Library of Select Novels, XXVII (1832)
The Linwoods (1835) [Volume 1] [Volume 2]
Live and Let Live; or, Domestic Service Illustrated (1837)
Married or Single? (1857) [Volume 1] [Volume 2]
Mary Hollis: An Original Tale (1822)
A New-England Tale (1822)
A New England Tale, and Miscellanies (1852)
The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man (1836)
Redwood: A Tale (1824) [Volume 1] [Volume 2] [Volume 3]
"Romance in Real Life" from The Legendary (1828)
Tales and Sketches (1835)
Tales of City Life (1850)
EAF Manuscript Materials
Letter: Sedgwick to "dear Madam" (March 18,1839)
Letter: Sedgwick to Mrs. Taylor (May 25,1842)
Engraving: C. M. Sedgwick
Engraving: Sedgwick Mansion
Contemporary Biographies
From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)
From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)
From Evert A. Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature (1856)
Other Resources
Guides to Catharine Maria Sedgwick manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.: #6970
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