Portrait of Elizabeth Stoddard
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Author

Elizabeth Stoddard

United States poet and novelist (1823–1902)

Born
May 6, 1823, Mattapoisett
Died
August 1, 1902, New York City
Nationality
United States
Occupation
Novelist, poet and writer

Life and work

Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (née Barstow; May 6, 1823 – August 1, 1902) was an American poet and novelist.

Soon after her marriage to Richard Henry Stoddard, the author, she began to publish poems in all the leading magazines, and thereafter, she was a frequent contributor. Her verses were of a high order; she wrote for intellectual readers only. The numerous poems she published in periodicals were not collected in book form until Poems was published in 1895. In addition to her poetical productions, she published three novels: The Morgesons (New York City, 1862); Two Men (1865), and Temple House (1867). Those books did not find a large sale when first published, but a second edition, published in 1888, found a wider circle of readers. They were pictures of New England scenes and characters. In 1874, she published Lolly Dinks's Doings, a juvenile story.

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Collection

Books by Elizabeth Stoddard

1 book