Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907)
Autor(a) de The Story of a Bad Boy
About the Author
A native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Thomas Bailey Aldrich lived during a time of great change in American literature. His literary conservatism and his resistance to the harsher outlooks of realism in part account for the neglect of him today. Nevertheless, his poetry and fiction were popular mostrar mais during his day, and he was a conscientious craftsman. At 16 he went to work in his uncle's New York countinghouse, but he spent his free time reading and writing poetry. His first published works, the sentimental "Ballad of Babie Bell" and The Bells (1855), a volume of verse, brought him immediate fame. He then devoted himself to literature. He became the editor of the weekly magazine, Every Saturday, and eventually of the prestigious Atlantic Monthly from 1881 to 1890. His mature lyrics were less sentimental than his early work, though he continued to follow the classical conventions of romantic poetry. His best short stories, particularly those collected in Marjorie Daw and Other Stories (1873) and Two Bites at a Cherry, with Other Tales (1894), show his use of regional local color, but his romantic plots rely on humor rather than realism for their appeal. Aldrich's first novel, The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), was unique in its depiction not of a "bad boy" but of a "natural boy," a type that anticipated Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Aldrich's other novels, although popular, were not as successful. Even as he foresaw the change in literary taste that would doom his own reputation, he remained steadfast in preferring the pleasant to the realistic, the conventional to the modern. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Thomas Bailey Aldrich at the age of 32
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Obras de Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Friar Jerome's beautiful book 5 cópias
Cloth of gold, and other poems 3 cópias
The Queen of Sheba 3 cópias
Prudence Palfrey: A Novel 3 cópias
Flower and Thorn 2 cópias
The Second Son 2 cópias
From Ponkapog to Pesth 2 cópias
Riverside Literature Series, Baby Bell The Little Violinist and other Verse and Prose 1 exemplar(es)
"Nocturne" 1 exemplar(es)
Young folks' Library: Tales of Fantasy, Stories of School and College Days, A Book of Famous Myths & Legends, The… (1943) 1 exemplar(es)
The Ballad of Babie Bell and The Steeple of St. Ayne 1 exemplar(es)
A Woman Alone With Her Soul [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Young Folks Library, the Merry Maker 1 exemplar(es)
Hasheesh [Poems (1863)] 1 exemplar(es)
Young Folks Library: Story Teller 1 exemplar(es)
A HIstória de Um Rapaz Mau 1 exemplar(es)
"Lullaby" 1 exemplar(es)
Mercedes, and later lyrics 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Civil War Memories: Nineteen Stories of Battle, Bravery, Love, and Tragedy (2000) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
The Romantic Friendship Reader: Love Stories Between Men in Victorian America (2003) — Contribuinte — 16 cópias
The Forgotten Classics of Mystery, Volume II: An Omnibus of American Mysteries (1959) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Representative American Short Stories — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1836-11-11
- Data de falecimento
- 1907-03-19
- Local de enterro
- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Locais de residência
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA - Ocupação
- editor
poet
fiction writer
critic - Organizações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)
Atlantic Monthly
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 70
- Also by
- 27
- Membros
- 806
- Popularidade
- #31,650
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 150
- Idiomas
- 2