Mary Martha Sherwood

The Infant's Progress

From The Valley Of Destruction To Everlasting Glory (1823)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Infant's Progress: From The Valley Of Destruction To Everlasting Glory is a religious book written by Mary Martha Sherwood and published in 1823. The book tells the story of a young child named Edward who is born into a family of sinners and is destined for eternal damnation. However, through the guidance of a pious nursemaid, Edward learns about God and the importance of living a virtuous life. As he grows older, Edward faces various trials and temptations, but ultimately remains faithful to God and earns his place in heaven. The book is written in a didactic style and is intended to teach children about the Christian faith and the consequences of sin. It is considered a classic of Victorian children's literature and has been widely read and studied for its religious and moral themes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781437298802
• ISBN-10: 143729880X
• Artikelnr.: 25858740

Autorenporträt

Mary Martha Sherwood was a nineteenth-century English children's writer. The best-known of her more than four hundred writings are The History of Little Henry and His Bearer (1814), as well as the two volumes The History of Henry Milner (1822-1837) and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818-1847). Her evangelicalism permeated her early writings, although her later works address popular Victorian subjects like domesticity. Mary Martha Butt married Captain Henry Sherwood and relocated to India for eleven years. She converted to evangelical Christianity, built schools for army commanders' children and indigenous Indian children, adopted abandoned or orphaned children, and established an orphanage. She was motivated to write literature for youngsters in military camps. Sherwood's career was divided into three periods: the romantic period (1795-1805), the evangelical period, during which she wrote her most popular and significant works, and the post-evangelical period. Her writing was characterized by "her conviction of inherent human corruption," her idea that literature "had a catechetical utility" for all levels of society, her opinion that "the dynamics of family life" should reflect basic Christian teachings, and her "virulent" anti-Catholicism. Sherwood's work has been described as "one of the most significant authors of children's literature of the nineteenth century". Her representations of domesticity and ties to India may have affected many young readers, but her work declined in popularity as children's literature expanded in the late nineteenth century.