The lamplighter / Maria Susanna Cummins ; edited and with an introduction by Nina Baym.
A novel of female development, The Lamplighter is a woman's version of the quest story. Its heroine, Gerty, comes on the scene as a child abandoned in the slums of Boston. Rescued by the kindly lamplighter Trueman Flint, she learns to meet life with courage and honesty. The novel ... remained c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
[1988]
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| Series: | American women writers series.
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Main Collection
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PS1474.C5 L3 1988 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |