Mary Howitt: Volume 1 - An Autobiography

Klappentext The 1889 autobiography of Mary Howitt, translator, spiritualist, and one of the most prolific female writers of her day. Zusammenfassung Published posthumously in 1889, this two-volume autobiography describes the life of the author and translator Mary Howitt (1799–1888). Volume 1 focuses on the first forty-four years of Howitt's life: a Quaker childhood, her marriage to William Howitt, the birth of their children, and relocation to Germany. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Parentage and descent, 1758-1796; 2. Early days at Uttoxeter, 1796-1809; 3. Girlhood, 1809-1821; 4. My husband's narrative, 1792-1821; 5. First years of married life, 1821-1824; 6. In Nottingham, 1824-1830; 7. In Nottingham, continued, 1830-1836; 8. At Esher, 1836-1840; 9. In Germany, 1840-1843.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Botham Howitt, Howitt Mary Botham
• Assisted by: Margaret Howitt (Editor), Howitt Margaret (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108025737
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02573-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: writers