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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Second Thoughts Best
Courtship, marriage, love, duty.
An engagement is jeopardized by the couple's conflicting values and attitudes towards love and duty.
Sedgwick, Catharine M. [By Miss Sedgwick]
The Token, edited by Samuel G. Goodrich, pp. 201-258.
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Company
1840 [pub. 1839]
L. Damon-Bach with Asa Anderson, Deanna Depaz, Megan Hennessey, Emily Moss, Kevin White, and Dr. Jenifer Elmore with Adriana Duebel, Ariana Fernandez, Lauren Sumner, and Julianna Weiss
Volume reissued as The Moss Rose, New York: 1846; and as The Honeysuckle, New York: 1848. Story reprinted in New-Yorker (31 August and 14 September 1839, pp: 386 and 406, and in The Rural Repository, 28 September 1839, pp 57-60 and 12 October 1839, pp. 65-69.
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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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Susy's Cow
Mothers and daughters, cows, humane treatment of animals, poverty.
A widowed mother must sell her daughter's beloved cow in order to pay for medical care. The cow demonstrates devotion to its calf and the daughter.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
The Boys and Girls' Library [edited by Mrs. Colman]
Boston: T. H. Carter & Co.
1844
Robin Cadwallader, D. Gussman
Collected in The Boys' and Girls' Annual, Boston: T. H. Carter and Company, n.d., and in Stories for Children [edited by Robin Cadwallader], 1-12, RMTK Books, 2016.
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The Elder Sister
Family bonds, love, wooing, inner beauty.
A selfless daughter who has taken up her deceased mother's family duties is rewarded with a trip to visit a family friend, whose son develops romantic feelings for her.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.
The Youth's Keepsake
Boston: Carter and Hendee
1830 [pub. 1829]
Kristina Curtis, D. Gussman
Collected (with revisions) as "The Eldest Sister" in Tales and Sketches, 183-203, 1835.
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Look Before You Leap
Marriage, courtship, love vs. reason.
A mother tells her daughters the story of a young woman who decided to marry an older man of whom she was fond but not passionately in love.
Sedgwick, Catharine M.
Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. (January 1846): 13-17.
Edited by John Inman and Robert A. West.
January 1846
Kristina Curtis; D. Gussman
Collected in The Irving Offering, 168-86. New York: Leavitt, & Company, 1851. [pub. 1850]
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