title: A New-England Tale (Penguin Classics)
author:  Catharine Maria Sedgwick 
description: <b>Catharine Maria Sedgwick</b> (1789-1867) was one of the first American women authors to gain prominence. She was born in Massachusetts, where she set several of her works. She published six novels and later wrote on domestic and social issues.<br><br><b>Susan K. Harris</b> is Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Kansas.<br>
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  The foundling chronicles:  
  libby’s story  
  Victorian Romance  
  
  
  Catharine Dobbs
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Catharine Dobbs.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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  the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief
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  permitted by copyright law.
  
  
  Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and
  incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names
  are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people,
  living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales
  is completely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Chapter 1 An Unfortunate Start](part0000_split_003.html#