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Mary Howitt (1799–1888)

Autor/a de The Spider and the Fly

47+ obres 1,475 Membres 115 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Inclou aquests noms: Mary Howitt, Mary Howitt

Crèdit de la imatge: Mary Howitt. Frontispiece from An autobiography (1889)

Obres de Mary Howitt

The Spider and the Fly (1829) 1,397 exemplars
Mary Howitt; an autobiography (1973) 3 exemplars
The heir of Wast-Wayland (1851) 2 exemplars
Floral Gems 2 exemplars
The children's year 1 exemplars
The Queens of England (1901) 1 exemplars
Martha and Mary 1 exemplars
With The Flowers 1 exemplars

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One Hundred and One Famous Poems (1916) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions1,879 exemplars
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A Golden Land (1958) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
Nineteenth-Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology (1996) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
The history of magic (1966) — Editor, algunes edicions20 exemplars
Ferdinand Freiligraths Werke - Neue Pracht-Ausgabe (1900) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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Altres noms
Botham, Mary
Botham, Mary Howitt
Data de naixement
1799-03-12
Data de defunció
1888-01-30
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
UK (birth)
Lloc de naixement
Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Lloc de defunció
Rome, Italy
Llocs de residència
Rome, Italy
London, England, UK
Heidelberg, Germany
Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, UK
Heanor, England, UK
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (mostra-les totes 8)
Meran, South Tirol, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Esher, Surrey, England, UK
Educació
at home
Professions
poet
translator
children's book author
novelist
editor
Relacions
Howitt, William (husband)
Biografia breu
Mary Howitt, née Botham, was born at Coleford in Gloucestershire, England, to a prosperous Quaker family. She was educated at home and read widely. She began writing poetry at a very early age. In 1821, she married William Howitt, a pharmacist, with whom she had several children. The couple began a joint writing career a few years later. Their early works consisted of poems and other pieces they contributed to annuals and periodicals; a selection was published in 1827 under the title of The Desolation of Eyam and other Poems. Eventually, they would publish 180 books together. Mary and her husband socialized with many important literary figures of the day, including Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In 1837, they went on a tour of northern England and stayed with William and Dorothy Wordsworth. That year, Mary began writing her well-known tales for children, a long series of books that met with great success. The couple moved to London in 1843. In the early 1840s, Mary Howitt became interested in Scandinavian literature, and learned Swedish and Danish so that she could translate works from those languages into English. She introduced the British public to Hans Christian Andersen's tales and Joseph Ennemoser's History of Magic. In 1852, her husband went for a few years to Australia with his brother hoping to make a fortune, and Mary wrote and edited works on her own. These included a Popular History of the United States (1859), and a three-volume novel, The Cost of Caergwyn (1864). She is credited as the author, translator, or editor of at least 110 works. Her autobiography Reminiscences of My Later Life was published in 1886. However, she's best remembered today as the author of the poem The Spider and the Fly, published in The New Year’s Gift and Juvenile Souvenir in 1829.

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The illustrations are wonderful in this book as is the poem they accompany. Great for a classroom read before halloween.
 
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Sharquin | Hi ha 114 ressenyes més | Sep 13, 2023 |
Genre
Picture books for children
Poetry
Illustration
Black-and-white
Fanciful
Subject
Cleverness
Flies
Personal conduct
Pride and vanity
Spiders
 
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kmgerbig | Hi ha 114 ressenyes més | Apr 28, 2023 |
This book is a poem written in the 19th century that was recently illustrated, and tells the story of a spider trying to lure a fly into his trap. This book does really well with rhyming and could be a useful tool to teach children about rhyming words. This book would be appropriate for early to intermediate readers.
 
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AlexBledsoe20 | Hi ha 114 ressenyes més | Apr 3, 2022 |
This book was a bit scary if I was a younger reader. The pictures were all black and white, the character was creepy looking, and in the end was a bit scary.
 
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kimmiestack | Hi ha 114 ressenyes més | Jun 29, 2021 |

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Obres
47
També de
7
Membres
1,475
Popularitat
#17,415
Valoració
4.1
Ressenyes
115
ISBN
41
Llengües
1
Preferit
1

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