Bestsellers in nineteenth-century America :  an anthology / 
edited by Paul C. Gutjahr. 
 - London :  Anthem Press,  2016.  ©2016 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 1165 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Anthem nineteenth-century series .
 - Anthem nineteenth century studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth  The life of Washington; with curious anecdotes, equally honorable to himself and exemplary to his young countrymen  The forgiving African ;  To mothers ;  Murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers ;  Novel-reading /  Awful disclosures, by Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal  The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology  A treatise on domestic economy for the use of young ladies at home and at school  The Quaker city, or, The monks of Monk Hall : a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery, and crime  Evengeline, a tale of Acadie  Reveries of a bachelor, or, A book of the heart  Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly  Ten nights in a bar-room, and what I saw there  Malaeska, the Indian wife of the white hunter  Ragged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks  Susanna Haswell Rowson --  Mason Locke Weems --  American Tract Society  Maria Monk --  Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler --  Catharine Esther Beecher --  George Lippard --  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --  Donald Grant Mitchell (Ik Marvel) --  Harriet Beecher Stowe --  Timothy Shay Arthur --  Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens --  Horatio Alger, Jr.  (1791), entire work /  (1800), selections /  Tract no. 92.  Tract no. 175.  Tract no 512.  Tract no. 515.  (1825-present), entire works --  (1836), selections /  (1840), selections /  (1841), selections /  (1845), selections /  (1847), entire work /  (1850), selections /  (1852), selections /  (1854), entire work /  (1860), entire work /  (1868), entire work /  Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy  The gates ajar  The luck of Roaring Camp  John Jenkins, or, The smoker reformed  Ben-Hur : a tale of Christ  The hidden hand, or, Capitola the Madcap  In his steps, "What would Jesus do"  Louisa May Alcott --  Elizabeth Stuart Phelps --  Bret Harte --  Lew Wallace --  E.D.E.N. Southworth --  Charles Monroe Sheldon.  (1868), selections /  (1868), entire work /  (1868), entire work ;  (1871), entire work /  (1880), selections /  (1888), selections /  (1896), selections / 
<br/><br/> Bestsellers in Nineteenth Century America seeks to produce for students novels, poems and other printed material that sold extremely well when they first appeared in the United States. Many of the most famous American works of the nineteenth century that we know today such as Herman Melville s Moby-Dick were not widely read when they first appeared. This collection seeks to offer its readers a glimpse at the literature that lit up the literary horizon when the works were first published, leading to insights on key cultural aspects of the nineteenth-century United States and its literary culture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1783085800 9781783085804 9781783085811 1783085819 9781783085798 1783085797 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>020558686  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Best sellers--United States--19th century.<br/>American literature--19th century.<br/>American literature--Appreciation.--19th century<br/>Literature--Collections.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.<br/>LITERARY COLLECTIONS--American--General.<br/>American literature.<br/>American literature--Appreciation.<br/>Best sellers.<br/>Literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History.<br/>Collections.<br/>Literature.<br/>Literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS535  / .B47 2016