Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
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Crédit image: Mary Howitt. Frontispiece from An autobiography (1889)
Œuvres de Mary Howitt
Our four-footed friends 4 exemplaires
Which is the wiser, or, People abroad. A tale for youth. 3 exemplaires
Floral Gems 2 exemplaires
The Childhood of Mary Leeson 2 exemplaires
Mary Howitt's New Story Book 1 exemplaire
The picture book for the young 1 exemplaire
Sowing and reaping. A tale 1 exemplaire
A popular history of the United States of America (v.1): from the discovery of the American continent to the present… (1859) 1 exemplaire
The artist-wife, and other tales 1 exemplaire
Strive and thrive : a tale 1 exemplaire
Instructive Stories for Young People 1 exemplaire
Mary Howitt: Volume 1: An Autobiography (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (2011) 1 exemplaire
Ballads and other poems 1 exemplaire
The children's year 1 exemplaire
Why The Sea Is Salt 1 exemplaire
Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book 1843 1 exemplaire
True Story of My Life 1 exemplaire
The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book; With the Original German and with… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Hope on! Hope ever! : or, The boyhood of Felix Law 1 exemplaire
The Apprentices: A Tale for Youth 1 exemplaire
With The Flowers 1 exemplaire
Who shall be greatest? 1 exemplaire
My uncle the clockmaker : a tale 1 exemplaire
The steadfast Gabriel : a tale of Wichnor Wood 1 exemplaire
Charming Stories for Young Folks 1 exemplaire
Martha and Mary 1 exemplaire
The Turtle Dove; and other stories 1 exemplaire
Christmas Short Works Collection 2011 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- Botham, Mary
Botham, Mary Howitt - Date de naissance
- 1799-03-12
- Date de décès
- 1888-01-30
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK (birth)
- Lieu de naissance
- Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Rome, Italy
- Lieux de résidence
- Rome, Italy
London, England, UK
Heidelberg, Germany
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK
Heanor, England, UK
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (tout afficher 8)
Meran, South Tirol, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Esher, Surrey, England, UK - Études
- at home
- Professions
- poet
translator
children's book author
novelist
editor - Relations
- Howitt, William (husband)
- Courte biographie
- Mary Howitt, née Botham, was born at Coleford in Gloucestershire, England, to a prosperous Quaker family. She was educated at home and read widely. She began writing poetry at a very early age. In 1821, she married William Howitt, a pharmacist, with whom she had several children. The couple began a joint writing career a few years later. Their early works consisted of poems and other pieces they contributed to annuals and periodicals; a selection was published in 1827 under the title of The Desolation of Eyam and other Poems. Eventually, they would publish 180 books together. Mary and her husband socialized with many important literary figures of the day, including Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In 1837, they went on a tour of northern England and stayed with William and Dorothy Wordsworth. That year, Mary began writing her well-known tales for children, a long series of books that met with great success. The couple moved to London in 1843. In the early 1840s, Mary Howitt became interested in Scandinavian literature, and learned Swedish and Danish so that she could translate works from those languages into English. She introduced the British public to Hans Christian Andersen's tales and Joseph Ennemoser's History of Magic. In 1852, her husband went for a few years to Australia with his brother hoping to make a fortune, and Mary wrote and edited works on her own. These included a Popular History of the United States (1859), and a three-volume novel, The Cost of Caergwyn (1864). She is credited as the author, translator, or editor of at least 110 works. Her autobiography Reminiscences of My Later Life was published in 1886. However, she's best remembered today as the author of the poem The Spider and the Fly, published in The New Year’s Gift and Juvenile Souvenir in 1829.
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- 48
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- 8
- Membres
- 1,496
- Popularité
- #17,173
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 115
- ISBN
- 41
- Langues
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- Favoris
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