19th-Century Girls' Series

Time 2020-12-14 15:04:32

Web Name: 19th-Century Girls' Series

WebSite: http://www.readseries.com

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Long before Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Sweet Valley High, the Babysitters' Club, or Magic Tree House, series books provided a source of enjoyable fiction for children. The first children's fiction series appeared in the United States in the 1830s, and by the 1860s the genre was well-established and earning both praise and censure. This page draws upon some of that research; it is devoted to bio-bibliographies and commentary about nineteenth-century authors of series books for girls and younger children as well as samples of some of their writing. It includes some of the century's most popular authors and a number of lesser-known figures whose works -- now almost forgotten -- show the evolution of thegenre. The most recent updates reflect my current interest in women authors, especially those slighted or omitted by traditional reference sources. Usually, such authors wrote only a few books or attained only modest success. Recovering their lives and works contributes to a better understanding of the development of series fiction and women's part in nineteenth-century publishing.The table below alphabetizes authors by real names, using the Library of Congress authority file as a guideline; please check the comprehensive name index for pseudonyms and variants. The series bibliographies include links to etexts of volumes online at this site and elsewhere."Jacob Abbott, Friend of Children" by Lyman Abbott (Jacob's son) (1922)Abbott described by a contemporary (George F. Root on Abbott's school and advice on diaries)A note on categories in the chart: "series bibliography" generally covers only titles for girls and younger children; in cases where a series for boys was a counterpart or somehow related to a girls' series, it is also included."Supplementary" material is generally commentary by an author's contemporaries or autobiographical essays. Since my series research often draws on or encompasses material other than the bio-bibliographies of 19th-century authors, the site has always carried some supplementary material. Now, as my research interests expand or take odd directions, new pages related to those areas sometimes are added to the site. The chart below identifies and links to those pages.the longest-running publication devoted to the study of dime novels, series books, and pulp magazines (Index covers 1970-Winter 2019)The Newsboy,, the official publication of the Horatio Alger Society (Index covers 1995-2011)Links to online dime novels and story papersJosephine Lawrence,20th-century author of girls' series and adult novels19th-Century Women Dime Novelists and Story Paper Authors, a preliminary attempt to identify authors and provide links to biographical and supplementary information about them The Little Red Hen,a bibliography of U.S. picture book editions of the tale of the industrious fowlLinks to page images of online 19th- and early 20th-century picture book editions of classic folktales (Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, and others)If you find errors or would like to suggest additional authors or texts for inclusion here, please email me.(But please don't email to ask the value of books -- try some of the antiquarian bookdealers' sites or ebay instead.)

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