Homely Ballads and Stories in Verse: The Poetry of Mary Sewell by Thomas Ruys Sm

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Edited with an introduction by Thomas Ruys Smith (UEA), this is the first proper collection of Mary Sewell's most popular and powerful ballads and stories in verse, published with an introduction that gives us a new understanding of and appreciation for the extraordinary woman who wrote them.

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Mary Sewell is best remembered as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty. But before she played a pivotal role in the creation of one of the most famous novels of all time, Mary had already enjoyed a career as a bestselling poet. Her verses about ordinary people and their lives sold by the million. Until now, however, they have been lost to readers.This volume, edited with an introduction by Thomas Ruys Smith (UEA), reproduces some of her most popular and powerful ballads and stories in verse and gives us a new understanding of the extraordinary woman who wrote them. As a committed philanthropist who was deeply concerned with the suffering of humans and animals alike, Mary would be pleased to know that this edition has been produced in collaboration with Redwings Horse Sanctuary, the proud custodians of Anna Sewell House inGreat Yarmouth where Mary lived just after her marriage in 1819. Every copy of this edition sold will contributedirectly to Redwings' mission to value every horse and try to see the world from an equine point of view.

Author Biography

Mary Wright Sewell (6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular in her own time for in particular writing bestsellers aimed at the younger reader, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.

Table of Contents

7 Introduction - Before Black Beauty: Looking for Mary Sewell Thomas Ruys Smith45 - Homely Ballads for the Working Man's Fireside (1858)Faith, Hope and Charity 47The Funeral Bell 53The Miller's Wife 55Abel Howard and his Family 61The Thieves' Ladder 66The Guilty Conscience; or Hell begun 70The Poor Little Boy 74The Common 75The Working Woman's Appeal 77Mrs Godliman 81A Religious Woman 85The Young English Gentleman 94The Primrose Gatherers 96Boy Going to Service 98The Drunkard's Wife 99The Young Nurse Girl 102The Bad Manager 105Sixty Years Ago 107111 - Stories in Verse for the Street and Lane (1861)The Chaffinch's Nest 113Widow Haye; or, The Gossiping Neighbours 118Miriam 125The Boy and the Rooks 133The Lady's Dilemma 135The Drunkards 139A Sad Story 144The London Attic (Another Story) 150The Green Hill Side 153The Traveller and the Farmer 155The Little Schismatics; or, Irreligion 159Marriage as it May Be 166The Bad Servant 170A Ghost Story 173Crazed 177The Two Noblemen 179191 - Mother's Last Words (1860)207 - Children of Summerbrook (1859)

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This book is published in order to raise funds for Redwings Horse Sanctuary, an equine welfare charity who are the custodians of Sewell House, in Norfolk, England - the home of both of these great women of letters.

Details ISBN1915812437 Author Mary Sewell Pages 268 Publisher UEA Publishing Project Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781915812438 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-05-31 Imprint UEA Publishing Project Subtitle The Poetry of Mary Sewell Place of Publication Norwich Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Thomas Ruys Smith Audience General UK Release Date 2024-05-31 DEWEY 821.8 We've got this

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