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A woman's wit & whimsy : the 1833 diary of Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy / edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer.
Van Pelt Library PS3157.W33 Z477 2003
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899.
- Series:
- New England women's diaries series
- The New England women's diaries series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899--Diaries.
- Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy.
- Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899.
- Women--Massachusetts--Boston--Diaries.
- Women.
- Poets, American--19th century--Diaries.
- Poets, American.
- Upper class.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Upper class--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Boston (Mass.)--Biography.
- Quincy family.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Woman's wit and whimsy
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society : Northeastern University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Published in its entirety for the first time, the witty, entertaining, and satirical social diary of Harvard President Josiah Quincy's youngest daughter creates a vivid picture of early nineteenth-century American society in a narrative style similar to the novels of Jane Austen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1555535755
- 1555535747
- OCLC:
- 52258177
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