ISBN: 9781154425437

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... BEECHER -STOWE, Harriet Elizabeth, an American novelist and miscellaneous writer, was born at Litchfield, Conn., June 15, 1811; died at Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was educated at the seminary of her sister, Catharine, at Hartford, and later was associated with her in its management. When her father, in 1832, went to Cincinnati, as President of Lane Seminary, she accompanied him, and was soon afterward married to Professor Calvin E. Stowe, of that institution, who subsequently became Professor of Sacred Literature in the Andover Theological Seminary, and was the author of a number of esteemed books in the department of scriptural learning. Harriet Beecher-Stowe wrote several sketches for periodicals, which were (about 1849) collected into a volume entitled The Mayflower. In 1850 she began, in The National Era, a newspaper published at Washington, a serial story entitled Uncle Tom''s Cabin. This work, having been completed, was republished in 1852 in book form. The antislavery excitement was then at its height, and this story met with unexampled success, not only in the United States but in foreign countries. It was translated into more than twenty languages. It is said that there were fourteen German and four French versions. There were also translations into the Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Welsh, and many other languages, and the book was dramatized over and over again. The author at once gained a cosmopolitan reputation. In 1853 she made a European tour, a pleasant account of which, written partly by herself and partly by her brother, appeared under the title of Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. In 1856 Mrs. Stowe put forth a second anti-slavery novel, under the... John Clark Ridpath, Books, History, The Ridpath Library Of Universal Literature (volume 3); A Biographical And Bibliographical Summary Of The World's Most Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces From Their Writings; Volume: 3; Original Publisher: Avil Printing Co.; Publication date: 1903; Subjects: Literature; Drama / General; Language Arts<

ISBN: 9781154425437

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... BEECHER -STOWE, Harriet Elizabeth, an American novelist and miscellaneous writer, was born at Litchfield, Conn., June 15, 1811; died at Hartford, Conn., July 1, 1896. She was a daughter of Lyman Beecher and sister of Henry Ward Beecher. She was educated at the seminary of her sister, Catharine, at Hartford, and later was associated with her in its management. When her father, in 1832, went to Cincinnati, as President of Lane Seminary, she accompanied him, and was soon afterward married to Professor Calvin E. Stowe, of that institution, who subsequently became Professor of Sacred Literature in the Andover Theological Seminary, and was the author of a number of esteemed books in the department of scriptural learning. Harriet Beecher-Stowe wrote several sketches for periodicals, which were (about 1849) collected into a volume entitled The Mayflower. In 1850 she began, in The National Era, a newspaper published at Washington, a serial story entitled Uncle Tom''s Cabin. This work, having been completed, was republished in 1852 in book form. The antislavery excitement was then at its height, and this story met with unexampled success, not only in the United States but in foreign countries. It was translated into more than twenty languages. It is said that there were fourteen German and four French versions. There were also translations into the Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Welsh, and many other languages, and the book was dramatized over and over again. The author at once gained a cosmopolitan reputation. In 1853 she made a European tour, a pleasant account of which, written partly by herself and partly by her brother, appeared under the title of Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. In 1856 Mrs. Stowe put forth a second anti-slavery novel, under the... John Clark Ridpath, Books, History, The Ridpath Library Of Universal Literature (volume 3); A Biographical And Bibliographical Summary Of The World's Most Books>History, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 258 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=15mm, Gew.=381gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - G… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 258 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=15mm, Gew.=381gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces From Their Writings; Volume: 3; Original Publisher: Avil Printing Co.; Publication date: 1903; Subjects: Literature; Drama / General; Language Arts The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces From Their Writings; Volume: 3; Original Publisher: Avil Printing Co.; Publication date: 1903; Subjects: Literature; Drama / General; Language Arts<