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4 unusual facts about 1860 in literature


Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter

Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter' is an 1860 plantation fiction novel written by Mrs. V.G. Cowdin.

The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina

The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina (also known as simply The Black Gauntlet) is an anti-Tom novel written in 1860 by Mary Howard Schoolcraft, published under her married name of Mrs. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

The Lofty and the Lowly, or Good in All and None All Good

would later publish other anti-Tom novels, including the 1860 novel The Ebony Idol by G. M. Flanders.

The Marble Faun

The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860.



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