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This web page, created for a graduate seminar in bibliographic studies at The Ohio State University, is dedicated to enhancing our understanding and appreciation of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's life and writings. It includes a biograhical sketch and plot summaries of her major works, links to other sites with information about nineteenth-century literature and culture, a catalog of library holdings of Sedgwick's papers, a catalog of The Ohio State University's collection of Sedgwick first editions, selections from contemporary reviews of Sedgwick's works, and a bibliography of secondary and critical material for Sedgwick studies.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Major Works

A New-England Tale; or, Sketches of New-England Character and Manners.(Anonymous). NY: Bliss & White, 1822. Also revised and published as A New England Tale and Miscellanies. NY: Putnam, 1852. Novel.

Mary Hollis: An Original Tale (Anonymous). NY: New-York Unitarian Book Society, 1822. Story.

Redwood: A Tale, 2 volumes (Anonymous). NY: Bliss & White, 1824. Revised edition, NY: Putnam, 1850. Novel.

The Travellers: A Tale Designed for Young People (Anonymous). NY: Bliss & White, 1825.

The Deformed Boy (Anonymous). Brookfield, MA: Merriam, 1826. Children’s book.

Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts, 2 volumes (Anonymous). NY: White,Gallaher & White, 1827. Revised edition, NY: Harper, 1842. Novel.

A Short Essay to Do Good (Anonymous). Stockbridge, MA: Webster & Stanley, 1828.

Clarence; or, A Tale of Our Own Times, 2 volumes (Anonymous). Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. Revised edition, NY: Putnam, 1849. Novel.

Home (Anonymous). Boston & Cambridge: Munroe, 1835. Novel.

The Linwoods; or, "Sixty Years Since" in America, 2 volumes (Anonymous). NYU: Harper, 1835. Novel.

Tales and Sketches. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835.

The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man (Anonymous). NY: Harper, 1836. Novel.

Live and Let Live; or, Domestic Service Illustrated (Anonymous). NY: Harper, 1837. Novel.

A Love Token for Children; Designed for Sunday-School Libraries (Anonymous). NY: Harper, 1838. Children’s stories.

Means and Ends; or, Self-Training (Anonymous). Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon & Webb, 1839. Children’s book.

Portrait of Catharine Maria Sedgwick engraved from a drawing by W. Croome, and reprinted in John S. Hart's 1852 Female Prose Writers of America

Web Page Authored by Gianna Marsella and Eric Yap with research and contributions from Cheryl Gunness, Gianna Marsella and Kristin Risley