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The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings

by Harriet Beecher STOWE (1811 - 1896)

Included herein are 35 charming short stories or humorous sketches, some written as exercises for the literary Semi-Colon Club of Cincinnati which Stowe belonged to for years, others published in magazines of the time, and 7 religious poems. Stowe honed her expressive skills on many of these before writing her first serious novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and 30 other books that followed. They showcase her considerable skill even as a young writer, and she made good money doing it, often supporting her family. This collection, named after a flower native to the east coast, likely the Anemone hepatica, or 'May flower', should not to be confused with another collection by Stowe, The Mayflower, which provides sketches of several descendants of the Pilgrims. - Summary by Michele Fry

Listen next episodes of The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings:
16 How Do We Know? , 17 Which is the Liberal Man? , 18 The Elder's Feast - A Tradition of Laodicea , 19.1 Little Fred, The Canal Boy , 19.2 Little Fred, The Canal Boy , 20 The Canal Boat , 21 Feeling , 22 The Seamstress , 23 Old Father Morris - A Sketch From Nature , 24 The Two Alters, or Two Pictures In One , 25 A Scholar's Adventures In The Country , 26 Woman, Behold Thy Son! , 27 The Coral Ring , 28 Art and Nature , 29 Children , 30 How To Make Friends With Mammon , 31 A Scene In Jerusalem , 32 The Old Meeting House - Sketch From the Note Book Of An Old Gentleman , 33 The New-Year's Gift , 34 The Old Oak Of Andover - A Revery , 35 Our Wood Lot In Winter , 36 Poems -The Charmer , 37 Poems - Pilgrim's Song In The Desert , 38 Poems - Mary At The Cross , 39 Poems - Christian Peace , 40 Poems - Abide In Me And I In You - The Soul's Answer , 41 Poems - When I Awake I Am Still With Thee , 42 Poems - Christ's Voice In The Soul