Marietta Holley (english)

Marietta Holley

Marietta Holley, was an American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Holley enjoyed a prolific writing career and was a bestselling author in the late 19th century, though she was largely forgotten by the time of her death. Her writing was frequently compared to that of Mark Twain and Edgar Nye. Along with Frances Miriam Whitcher and Ann S. Stephens, Holley is remembered as one of America's most significant early female humorists. Holley's work appealed to all classes of society. Her readers are scattered over the entire world and include men and women of every station and grade. Her books are widely read in Europe.

Works

Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife

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Betsey Bobbett: A Drama

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Josiah Allen on the Woman Question

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Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.: Samantha at the Centennial. / Designed As a Bright and Shining Light, to Pierce the Fogs of Error and Injustice That Surround Society and Josiah, and to Bring More Clearly to View the Path That Leads Straight on to Virtue and Happiness.

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Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral

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Josiah's Secret: A Play

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My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's / Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the Book

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My Wayward Pardner; or, My Trials with Josiah, America, the Widow Bump, and Etcetery

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 1

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 2

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 3

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 4

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 5

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 6

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Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7

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Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete

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Samantha Among the Colored Folks: "My Ideas on the Race Problem"

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Samantha at Coney Island, and a Thousand Other Islands

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Samantha at Saratoga

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Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition

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Samantha at the World's Fair

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Samantha in Europe

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Samantha on Children's Rights

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Samantha on the Race Problem

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Samantha on the Woman Question

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Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician

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The Lament of the Mormon Wife: A Poem

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Tirzah Ann's summer trip, and other sketches

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About the author

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