Frances Osgood Complete Short Stories - Osgood, Frances Sargent
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Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was a leading feminist author of the American Romantic Age. She married portrait painter, Samuel Osgood (1808-1885), in 1835. The artistic couple had three daughters, all of which died at a young age. Frances Osgood authored numerous poems and short stories in the loftiest literary magazines. She entered into a scandal-causing relationship with Edgar Allan Poe, who lauded her works. The book includes an introduction by Maeve Barger and a short biography on the life of Frances Osgood. This is the first collection of her complete short stories. They include:…mehr

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Frances Sargent Osgood (1811-1850) was a leading feminist author of the American Romantic Age. She married portrait painter, Samuel Osgood (1808-1885), in 1835. The artistic couple had three daughters, all of which died at a young age. Frances Osgood authored numerous poems and short stories in the loftiest literary magazines. She entered into a scandal-causing relationship with Edgar Allan Poe, who lauded her works. The book includes an introduction by Maeve Barger and a short biography on the life of Frances Osgood. This is the first collection of her complete short stories. They include: Frances Osgood: Poetry in Prose (Jul. 2019); Romance of Real Life in New England (May 1836); The Crumpled Rose Leaf (Sep. 1836); A Day in New England (Nov. 1836); Florence Howard (Apr. 1839); The Doom (Aug. 1840); Pictures from a Painter's Life (Jan. 1841); The Waltz and the Wager (Apr. 1841); May Evelyn (Mar. 1842); Waste Paper; or "Trifles Light as Air" (Sep. 1842); Truth (Dec. 1842); The Coquette; or the Game of Life (Jan. 1843); Dora's Reward; or the "Ruse de Guerre" (Jun. 1843); Pride and Penitence (Sep. 1843); Grace Melvyn: or Which is the Bluestocking? (Aug. 1843); Lizzie Lincoln (Oct. 1843); Daguerreotype Pictures Taken on New Year's Day (Nov. 1843); The Wife (Dec. 1843); The Lady's Shadow (Jan. 1844); Kate Melburne (Jan. 1844); Newport Tableaux (Jan. 1844); A Match for the Matchmaker (Feb. 1844); The Poet's Metamorphosis (Mar. 1844); Virginia, the Little Match-Girl of Kentucky (Mar. 1844); Feeling Versus Beauty (Jun. 1844); Valentine's Day; or a Lover's Reminiscences (Jul. 1844); The Flower and Gem; or, the Choice of Grace Gordon (Aug. 1844); The Soul Awakened; or Which Shall Win Him (Oct. 1844); The Magic Lute (Nov. 1844); The Little Lost Shoe; or Fielding in Search of a Foot (Dec. 1844); The Soul Mirror (Jan. 1845); Florence Errington (Feb. 1845); Mabel (Feb. 1845); Carry Carlisle (Mar. 1845); Once More (Jul. 1845); Ida Grey (Aug. 1845); Leonora L'Estrange (Oct. 1845); Kate Carol; or Glimpses of a Soul (Mar. 1846); Glimpses of a Soul.-----No. II. (Jun. 1846); Glimpses of a Soul.-----No. III. (Sep. 1846); Athenais (Sep. 1846); Le Porte-Bouquet, or Genius and Ingenuity (Dec. 1846); Glimpses of a Soul (Feb. 1847); Life in New York. A Sketch of a Literary Soiree (Mar. 1847); Kate Carol to Mary S. (May 1847); Kate Carol to Her * (Aug. 1847); and Violet Vere's Vacation (May 1848).
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Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 - May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. She was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin Foster, by whom she had two children: William Vincent Foster and Anna Maria Wells, who would also become a published poet and close associate of Frances. Joseph and Mary had seven children, including another writer, Andrew Aitchison Locke. She grew up in Hingham, Massachusetts and as a young woman she attended the prestigious Boston Lyceum for Young Ladies. Her poetry was first published when she was fourteen in a bimonthly periodical of children's poetry called Juvenile Miscellany by editor Lydia Maria Child.