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- catalog abstract "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 continuously in print until the 1920s ... [and was] second in mid-century popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin."--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b2297465.
- catalog contributor b2297466.
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description ""The Lamplighter tells the story of a passionate-tempered orphan girl, Gerty, who is mistreated by a cruel caretaker and subsequently adopted by a kindly old lamplighter, Trueman Flint. Through his love and the religious teachings and loving example of a well-to-do blind woman, Gerty learns to control her emotions and grows to virtuous womanhood. In the end, after silently sufferling many afflictions, she is rewarded by being married to her childhood friend and confidante and by being reunited with her father, long thought dead." -- Allene Cooper.".
- catalog description "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 continuously in print until the 1920s ... [and was] second in mid-century popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin."--Back cover.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. xxxiii-xxxiv.".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 437 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813513324 :".
- catalog identifier "0813513332 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isPartOf "The American women writers series".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.3 19".
- catalog subject "American fiction 19th century.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Women authors.".
- catalog subject "Emotional maturity United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Emotional problems Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Orphans Abuse of United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Orphans United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS1474.C5 L3 1988".
- catalog subject "Romance fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""The Lamplighter tells the story of a passionate-tempered orphan girl, Gerty, who is mistreated by a cruel caretaker and subsequently adopted by a kindly old lamplighter, Trueman Flint. Through his love and the religious teachings and loving example of a well-to-do blind woman, Gerty learns to control her emotions and grows to virtuous womanhood. In the end, after silently sufferling many afflictions, she is rewarded by being married to her childhood friend and confidante and by being reunited with her father, long thought dead." -- Allene Cooper.".
- catalog title "The lamplighter / Maria Susanna Cummins ; edited and with an introduction by Nina Baym.".
- catalog type "text".