Catharine Maria Sedgwick

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CMS was one of nineteenth-century America's most prolific and versatile women writers. She published, among other things, novellas, advice books, religious writing, over one hundred pieces of short prose, six novels, eight works for children, a travel narrative, two biographies, and a translation from Italian.
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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Black and white photograph from a painting of Catharine Maria Sedgwick by Charles Ingham, 1872. She stands leaning her arm on a pedestal, wearing a velvet cloak with open neck over a simple dress. Her dark hair is pulled back and clusters in short curls around her face.

Milestones

28 December 1789

In Stockbridge, Massachusetts, CMS was born the second-to-last of ten children (seven of whom survived).
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne.
prelims

27 April 1822

CMS 's first novel, A New-England Tale; or, Sketches of New-England Character and Manners, was licensed: it appeared anonymously that year, with a title-page stanza from Robert Burns , dedicated to Maria Edgeworth .
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. A New-England Tale. Bliss and White.
prelims
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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After June 1824

Redwood: A Tale, CMS 's second novel, but first work of significant literary weight, was published anonymously.
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne.
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6 May 1827

CMS 's Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts, her best-known novel, was licensed for publication: it appeared this year as by the Author of Redwood.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. Hope Leslie. White, Gallaher, and White.
title-page
Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne.
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1862

CMS published her last known work, the short story A Sketch from Life.
The story was included in a collection, Only Once, published for the benefit of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children .
Library of Congress Online Catalog. http://catalog.loc.gov/.
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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31 July 1867

CMS died of paralysis in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
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Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne.
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Biography

Early Years and Family

28 December 1789

In Stockbridge, Massachusetts, CMS was born the second-to-last of ten children (seven of whom survived).
Damon-Bach, Lucinda L., and Victoria Clements, editors. “Editorial Materials”. Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives, Northeastern University Press, p. various pages.
xxii, xxxiii
Foster, Edward Halsey. Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Twayne.
prelims

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