The Minister's Wooing
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1859. Book. Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Derby & Jackson, 1859. First American edition. 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, bind stamp on front board, light yellow endpapers, 578 pp. The author bases this story on events from her own life, and the life of her sister Catharine. Set in 19th century New England, it is peopled with many classic New England characters, and also touches on the issues of slavery, Calvinism and predestination. A vivid look at that period in history. Bindings are rubbed at extremities, spine sunned and somewhat dog-eared at top and bottom, some foxing, pages slightly tanned, but not brittle. Text block still solid. Good+..
Synopsis
From the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a domestic comedy that examines slavery, Protestant theology, and gender differences in early America.First published in 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe's third novel is set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Mary Scudder lives in a modest farmhouse with her widowed mother an their boarder, Samuel Hopkins, a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Mary is in love with the passionate James Marvyn, but Mary is devout and James is a skeptic, and Mary's mother opposes the union. James goes to sea, and when he is reportedly drowned, Mary is persuaded to become engaged to Dr. Hopkins.With colorful characters, including many based on real figures, and a plot that hinges on romance, The Minister's Wooing combines comedy with regional history to show the convergence of daily life, slavery, and religion in post-Revolutionary New England.
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B0448-01
- Title
- The Minister's Wooing
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Derby & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- OLD TOWN FOLKS MASSACHUSETTS NEW ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Americana; Antiques & Collectibles; New England;
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- 12mo
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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