Mary Howitt: Volume 2
An Autobiography

The 1889 autobiography of Mary Howitt, translator, spiritualist, and one of the most prolific female writers of her day.

Mary Botham Howitt (Author), Margaret Howitt (Edited by)

9781108025744, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 January 2011

388 pages, 24 b/w illus.
21.6 x 2.2 x 14 cm, 0.49 kg

Mary Howitt (1799-1888) was one of the most prolific female writers and translators of her day, producing over a hundred titles in her lifetime. Held in high regard by her contemporaries, Howitt was best known for her Scandinavian interests, particularly for her translations of Frederika Bremer and Hans Christian Andersen. She also published numerous collections of poetry and stories, sometimes in partnership with her husband, the writer William Howitt. This two-volume autobiography was published posthumously in 1889, and was completed and edited by her daughter Margaret. Volume 2 focuses on the second half of Howitt's life, much of which was spent moving between England, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. It describes the death of two of her sons, her own and William's involvement with spiritualism, the death of her husband, and her eventual conversion to Catholicism. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=howima

1. At Clapton, 1843–1848
2. In St. John's Wood, 1848–1852
3. The Hermitage, 1852–1857
4. West Hill Lodge, 1857–1866
5. The Orchard, 1866–1870
6. In Switzerland and Italy, 1870–1871
7. Rome and Tyrol, 1871–1879
8. The home in Meran, 1879–1882
9. In the eternal city, 1882–1888
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]