Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
Autor(a) de The Spider and the Fly
About the Author
Image credit: Mary Howitt. Frontispiece from An autobiography (1889)
Obras de Mary Howitt
Our four-footed friends 4 cópias
Floral Gems 2 cópias
The Childhood of Mary Leeson 2 cópias
Mary Howitt's New Story Book 1 exemplar(es)
The picture book for the young 1 exemplar(es)
Sowing and reaping. A tale 1 exemplar(es)
The poetical works of M. Howitt, Eliza Cook and L.E.L 1 exemplar(es)
A popular history of the United States of America (v.1): from the discovery of the American continent to the present… (1859) 1 exemplar(es)
The artist-wife, and other tales 1 exemplar(es)
Strive and thrive : a tale 1 exemplar(es)
Instructive Stories for Young People 1 exemplar(es)
Mary Howitt: Volume 1: An Autobiography (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
Ballads and other poems 1 exemplar(es)
The children's year 1 exemplar(es)
Why The Sea Is Salt 1 exemplar(es)
Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book 1843 1 exemplar(es)
True Story of My Life 1 exemplar(es)
The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book; With the Original German and with… (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
Hope on! Hope ever! : or, The boyhood of Felix Law 1 exemplar(es)
The Apprentices: A Tale for Youth 1 exemplar(es)
With The Flowers 1 exemplar(es)
Who shall be greatest? 1 exemplar(es)
My uncle the clockmaker : a tale 1 exemplar(es)
The steadfast Gabriel : a tale of Wichnor Wood 1 exemplar(es)
Charming Stories for Young Folks 1 exemplar(es)
Martha and Mary 1 exemplar(es)
The Turtle Dove; and other stories 1 exemplar(es)
Christmas Short Works Collection 2011 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Botham, Mary
Botham, Mary Howitt - Data de nascimento
- 1799-03-12
- Data de falecimento
- 1888-01-30
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK (birth)
- Local de nascimento
- Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Rome, Italy
- Locais de residência
- Rome, Italy
London, England, UK
Heidelberg, Germany
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK
Heanor, England, UK
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (mostrar todas 8)
Meran, South Tirol, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Esher, Surrey, England, UK - Educação
- at home
- Ocupação
- poet
translator
children's book author
novelist
editor - Relacionamentos
- Howitt, William (husband)
- Pequena biografia
- 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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 1,506
- Popularidade
- #17,068
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 115
- ISBNs
- 41
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1