Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
Autor von The Spider and the Fly
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Bildnachweis: Mary Howitt. Frontispiece from An autobiography (1889)
Werke von Mary Howitt
Our four-footed friends 4 Exemplare
Floral Gems 2 Exemplare
The Childhood of Mary Leeson 2 Exemplare
Mary Howitt's New Story Book 1 Exemplar
The picture book for the young 1 Exemplar
Sowing and reaping. A tale 1 Exemplar
A popular history of the United States of America (v.1): from the discovery of the American continent to the present… (1859) 1 Exemplar
The artist-wife, and other tales 1 Exemplar
Strive and thrive : a tale 1 Exemplar
Instructive Stories for Young People 1 Exemplar
Mary Howitt: Volume 1: An Autobiography (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (2011) 1 Exemplar
Ballads and other poems 1 Exemplar
The children's year 1 Exemplar
Why The Sea Is Salt 1 Exemplar
Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book 1843 1 Exemplar
True Story of My Life 1 Exemplar
The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book; With the Original German and with… (2017) 1 Exemplar
The Apprentices: A Tale for Youth 1 Exemplar
With The Flowers 1 Exemplar
Who shall be greatest? 1 Exemplar
My uncle the clockmaker : a tale 1 Exemplar
Charming Stories for Young Folks 1 Exemplar
Martha and Mary 1 Exemplar
The Turtle Dove; and other stories 1 Exemplar
Christmas Short Works Collection 2011 1 Exemplar
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- Andere Namen
- Botham, Mary
Botham, Mary Howitt - Geburtstag
- 1799-03-12
- Todestag
- 1888-01-30
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK (birth)
- Geburtsort
- Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Rome, Italy
- Wohnorte
- Rome, Italy
London, England, UK
Heidelberg, Germany
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK
Heanor, England, UK
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (Zeige alle 8)
Meran, South Tirol, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Esher, Surrey, England, UK - Ausbildung
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translator
children's book author
novelist
editor - Beziehungen
- Howitt, William (husband)
- Kurzbiographie
- 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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