The Lamplighter (Classic Reprint)
| Preis: | 22.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Cummins, Maria S.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Lamplighter The issue of this new and authorized edition of "The Lamplighter" will not be without interest to the lover of books. Here is an American story for young people which has been in constant demand for almost half a century. At the time of its first publication, in 1854, it enjoyed an immediate popularity second only to "Uncle Tom´s Cabin" and "The Scarlet Letter," which were then the most recent great successes of American fiction. Forty thousand copies of "The Lamplighter" were sold within two months. Edition followed edition, in this country and in England; its authorized sales had exceeded one hundred and twenty thousand copies before most of the young readers of the present generation were born; and how many "Lamplighters" have been issued in the unauthorized and mutilated forms in which the book has too often appeared can be only a matter of conjecture. Its present appearance in a new dress of type, and with a text scrupulously faithful to the original edition, makes pertinent an introductory word concerning its half-forgotten author and the secret of the long vitality of her most popular book. Maria Susanna Cummins, the daughter of Judge David Cummins, was born in Salem April 9, 1827. She was educated at the excellent and once famous school of Mrs. Charles Sedgwick in Lenox, where she found herself in an atmosphere of good breeding and of good literature. She began to write when she was scarcely more than twenty. "The Lamplighter" was her first book; and like so many other "first books" which have brought fame and for tune to the writer, it was composed without any thought of achieving reputation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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