"Mary Smith"
Children's Fiction, Class Difference, Letter Writing, Republicanism
A young girl from a modest family is hurt by another young girl from a wealthy family.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Stockbridge, S.
Juvenile Miscellany V2 (edited by Mrs. LM [Lydia Maria] Child) Boston: p. 110-134
Allen and Ticknor
May 1829
J. Robinson
Sequel to “The Good Son” in Juvenile Miscellany (Jan. 1829): 217-29
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"The Patch-Work Quilt"
Servants and family history
An elderly Black woman's story of a patchwork quilt that was sewn during the thirty years she worked in the home of a White family.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss C. M. Sedgwick
The Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] p. 123-26.
Columbian Magazine
March 1846
J. Robinson
Also collected in:
Sedgwick, Catharine M. "The Patch Work Quilt." Love of Quilts: A Treasury of Classic Quilting Stories. Ed. Margaret Aldrich. Minneapolis: Voyageur, 2004. 24-33. Google Books. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.
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The Deformed Boy
Charity, virtue, and honesty.
A poor young boy, whose legs have been affected by rickets, attracts the attention and charity of kind friends due to his good humor and virtue.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c.]
<em>Stories for Young Persons,</em> pp. 9-38.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
Angie Lydon, Michael Nicosa, Cyntheara Tham, L. Damon Bach, D. Gussman
Originally published as <em>The Deformed Boy. </em>By the author of "Redwood," &c. Brookfield: E. and G. Merriam Printers, 1826. <br />Reprinted as <em>The Deformed Boy.</em> By the author of "Redwood." Springfield: Merriam, Little & Co, 1831.<br />Collected in Stories for Young Persons, 1840, 9-38, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith.
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Truth Versus Fiction
Heroism and virtue in everyday life.
The narrator is encouraged to abandon fiction and to write about real life, and tells the stories of two village women who passed in the previous year.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
The Columbian Magazine, [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] Vol. 7 (January 1847): 1-4.
1847
Charlene Avallone, L. Damon-Bach, D. Gussman
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