{"product_id":"the-lamplighter-by-maria-susanna-cummins-paperback","title":"'The Lamplighter' by Maria Susanna Cummins - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Baym\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighter \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first novel by twenty-seven-year-old Maria Susanna Cummins. It propelled her into a prominence that continued until her early death at the age of thirty-nine. A novel of female development, \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighter\u003c\/i\u003e is a woman's version of the quest story. Its heroine, Gerty, comes on the scene as a child abandoned in the slums of Boston. Rescued by the kindly lamplighter Trueman Flint, she learns to meet life with courage and honesty. The novel touched the hearts, validated the ideals, and assuaged the anxieties of a huge readership, and it remained continuously in print until the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNINA BAYM is Professor of English an Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eFeminism and American Literary History \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Women Writers and the Work of History, 1790-1860\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Rutgers University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.5 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405111836850,"sku":"9780813513331","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b5e554688661774e6e93ebf1f03e07d5.webp?v=1778176951","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-lamplighter-by-maria-susanna-cummins-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}