"The Irish Girl"
Prejudice against Irish immigrants, Catholics, Protestants, love, Christian virtue.
A young Irish servant is in love with a man whose father will not let him marry her because she is a “Paddy girl.” The young woman drowns, shortly after learning of her beloved's decision to marry a non-Irish woman. Her brother vows revenge, but changes his mind.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
By the author of "Hope Leslie," &c.
United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Vol. X, P. 129-140
John L. O'Sullivan
February 1842
J. Robinson, D. Gussman
Also collected (with revisions) in:
The Dollar Magazine, Vol. II, 1842
Tales and Sketches, Series two, New York. 1842. P. 191-244
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Imelda of Bologna
Romance, Tragedy, Italy
In the Italian city of Bologna, a tragedy unites Imelda with her family’s enemy, the lord Boniface. The two fall in love, but are plotted against by Imelda’s brothers. While Imelda and Boniface plan their escape from danger, Imelda’s brothers plan his death.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine [edited by John Inman and Robert A. West] (May 1846): 253-61.
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine
1846
Shawn Riggins
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"Owasonook"
Deception, Marital Property
A widower is deceived by a Deacon into believing she has been left nothing. When she marries a man outside of the church she is threatened with excommunication.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Miss Sedgwick
Sartain’s Union Magazine [edited by Caroline M. Korkland] NY. Vol. VI: p. 399-407
Sartain's Magazine
June 1850
J. Robinson
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"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 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
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The Magic Lamp
Cheerfulness, inner light, Nature, religion.
An aunt tells her nieces and nephews the story of a girl named Serena and the magic lamp she receives from mother Nature.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
A Love Token for Children, Designed for Sunday-School Libraries., 34-39.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1838
Robin Cadwallader, D. Gussman
Reprinted in The Jewel [edited by Emma F. Alston], 35-41, New York, 1844. Collected in Stories for Children [edited by Robin Cadwallader], 13-24, RMTK Books, 2016
English
Eighteen Hundred Thirty-Eight's Farewell
New Year's eve, girlhood, self-examination, the language of flowers.
A visit from a mysterious old woman on New Year's eve leads a group of school girls to try a truth serum that enables them to see their faults and virtues on the flowers of a magical bush.
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. 39-51.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1940
D. Gussman
Collected in <em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, 1840, 39-51, 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. <br /><br />Also collected in <em>Pretty Little Stories for Pretty Little People</em> by Miss Sedgwick. London: William McKenny, 1849, pp. 40-55; reprinted 1850. <br /><br />Online in the Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. <em>Stories for Young Persons</em> ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. HathiTrust Digital Library https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007092366 Accessed 22 July 2019.
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Widowhood
Marriage, widowhood, faith, and resilience.
The narrator tells the story of Emily Winthrop and her journey from wife to widow and bereavement to peace.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.
The Mirror of Life, edited by Louisa C. Tuthill, Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847, pp. 165-74.
Lindsay and Blakiston
1847
D. Gussman
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Christian Charity
Calvinism vs. Unitarianism, orthodoxy.
A young girl learns the difference between Calvinism and Unitarianism, but is nevertheless encouraged to be charitable to all Christians, regardless of particular affiliation.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [By the author of Redwood.]
A Short Essay To Do Good, 4-14.
Stockbridge [Mass.] : Printed by Webster and Stanley.
1828
Michael Monescalchi; D. Gussman
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. A short essay to do good. Stockbridge [Mass.] : Printed by Webster and Stanley, 1828;
Repository Collection Development Department, Widener Library. HCL, Harvard University. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:7572801. Accessed 09 July 2019
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English
Matty Gore
Christian faith and the misfortunes that result from neglect of religion.
A young woman's Christian faith sustains her through life's trials, while her father's and brother's lack of faith and duty lead to unhappiness and tragedy.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [Miss C. E. Sedgwick]
The Religious Souvenir, edited by Lydia Howard Sigourney, pp. 50-90.
New York: Scofield & Voorhies
1840 [pub. 1839]
D. Gussman
Annual reissued as The Religious Souvenir. Hartford, Conn.: S. Andrus and Son, 1846.
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