Before Harriet Beecher Stowe became America’s favorite female novelist with the release of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, this author held that position.
- Catharine Sedgwick
- Helen Hunt Jackson
- Louisa May Alcott
- Lydia Child
Before Harriet Beecher Stowe became America’s favorite female novelist with the release of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, this author held that position.
Catharine Sedgwick whose publication in 1822 of A New England Tale was an immediate success and was followed by five other novels. Alcott’s Little Women was not published until 1868.
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