Ann S. Stephens
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Ann Sophia Stephens (1813—1886) was an American novelist. Born in Derby, Connecticut[1], she was an author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Her work was also serialized in Godey's Lady's Book, The Ladies' Companion, and Graham's Magazine.[2]
The term "dime novel" originated with Stephens's Maleaska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter, printed in the first book in Beadle & Adams Beadle’s Dime Novels series, dated June 9, 1860. The novel was a reprint of Stephens's earlier serial that appeared in the Ladies' Companion magazine in February, March, and April of 1839. Later, the Grolier Club listed Maleaska as the most influential book of 1860.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/stephens_ann.html www.niulib.niu.edu
- ^ Tebbel, John. A History of Book Publishing in the United States – Volume I: The Creation of an Industry (1630-1865). New York City: R.R. Bowker Co., 1972. p. 248
- ^ Nelson, Randy F. The Almanac of American Letters. Los Altos, California: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1981: 201. ISBN 086576008X
[edit] External links
- Works by Ann S. Stephens at Project Gutenberg
- The Old Homestead, available at Project Gutenberg.
- Works by or about Ann S. Stephens in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Ann S. Stephens at Find A Grave
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