LIFE IN THE SICK-ROOM. Essays: With an Introduction to the American Edition by Eliza L. Follen
by MARTINEAU, Harriet, Richard Monckton Milnes,
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Boston: Leonard C. Bowles and William Crosby, 1844. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo; xx, 204 pages, contemporary embossed brown cloth, lacks top inch of spine; x-library with emboss on Contents leaf, pocket carefully removed from rear endpaper, bookplate at front
Martineau was a remarkable women, and a remarkable woman in the 19th century. She was involved in travel, economics, philosophy, literature, and is considered by some "the first woman sociologist". Martineau wroter her equally remarkable autobiography. This anonymously published work focusses on the five years she lived the life of an invalid. Two of the chapters are, "Some Perils and Pains of Invalidism," and "Some Gains and Sweets of Invalidism,". Here, too, is perhaps the first book appearance of Richard Monckton Milnes' poem, "To Harriet Martineau. Christian Endurance." which appeared in 1843.
Martineau was a remarkable women, and a remarkable woman in the 19th century. She was involved in travel, economics, philosophy, literature, and is considered by some "the first woman sociologist". Martineau wroter her equally remarkable autobiography. This anonymously published work focusses on the five years she lived the life of an invalid. Two of the chapters are, "Some Perils and Pains of Invalidism," and "Some Gains and Sweets of Invalidism,". Here, too, is perhaps the first book appearance of Richard Monckton Milnes' poem, "To Harriet Martineau. Christian Endurance." which appeared in 1843.
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- LIFE IN THE SICK-ROOM. Essays
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- MARTINEAU, Harriet, Richard Monckton Milnes,
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- Hardcover
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- First American edition
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- Leonard C. Bowles and William Crosby
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1844
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- Harriet Martineau invalid invalidism richard monckton milnes eliza lee cabot follen
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