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The Wide Wide World

Name: The Wide Wide World
Author: Warner, Susan
ISBN: 9781609420567

by Warner, Susan

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Overview

The Wide, Wide World is a novel by Susan Warner, which is often acclaimed as America's first bestseller.

About the Author, Warner, Susan

Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However, her first novel, The Wide, Wide World (1850), was the most popular. It was translated into several other languages, including French, German, and Dutch. Other than Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was perhaps the most widely circulated story of American authorship. Other works include Queechy (1852), The Law and the Testimony, (1853), The Hills of the Shatemuc, (1856), The Old Helmet (1863), and Melbourne House (1864).