Full Thirty
The Great Fire of 1835, women and work, May-December romance.
A young woman and her mother find themselves in reduced circumstances after a fire that devastates New York City. The daughter is supported in her efforts to earn a living by an older female friend of the family, who narrates the story, and a mature bachelor who develops romantic feelings for the young woman.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, [edited by Samuel G. Goodrich], pp. 214-246.
Boston: Charles Bowen
1837 [pub. 1836]
D. Gussman
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The Bridal Ring
Women, Love, Death, Vow
Arabella, a young woman of particular musical talent and beauty, becomes engaged to Wingfield Clayborne. Clayborne falls out of love with her and requests the ring back. Arabella takes literally the vow she gave Clayborne and returns the ring only after ‘death do us part.’
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
In The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by S[amuel] G. Goodrich, 223-46 Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1833 [pub. 1832].
Gray and Bowen
1833
Lucinda Damon-Bach
Meghan Smith
Shawn Riggins
English
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