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Bestsellers in Nineteenth-Century America
An Anthology
Edited by Paul C. Gutjahr
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.
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Reviews
“This volume is outstanding. Expertly curated, with just the right combination of range and depth, it belongs on the shelf of any serious student of nineteenth-century popular print culture.” –William Gleason, Professor, Department of English, Princeton University
“Gutjahr offers a generous selection of texts, by turns pious and provocative, each of which offers a glimpse into the complex and colorful world of nineteenth-century popular culture. Scholars and students alike will find it invaluable.” –Leon Jackson, Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina
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Paul Gutjahr is a professor of English at Indiana University.
Series
Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
Table of Contents
1. Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (1791), entire work; 2. The Life of Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen (1800), selections; 3. American Tract Society, entire works; 4. Awful Disclosures (1836), selections; 5. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology (1840), selections; 6. Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841), selections; 7. The Quaker City: Or, the Monks of Monk Hall (1845), selections; 8. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie (1849), entire work; 9. Reveries of a Bachelor: Or, A Book of the Heart (1850), selections; 10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly (1852), selections; 11. Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, and What I Saw There (1854), entire work; 12. Malaeska; The Indian Wife of the White Hunter (1860), entire work; 13. Ragged Dick, or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (1868), entire work; 14. Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (1868), selections; 15. The Gates Ajar (1868), entire work; 16. “The Luck of Roaring Camp” (1868), entire work “John Jenkins, Or, the Smoker Reformed” (1871), entire work; 17. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), selections; 18. The Hidden Hand: or, Capitola the Madcap (1888), selections; 19. In His Steps: “What Would Jesus Do” (1896), selections.
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