A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (beverly, MA)
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (beverly, MA)
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory is an autobiographical work by Lucy Larcom, published in 1888. The book reflects on her upbringing in Beverly, Massachusetts, during the mid-19th century, capturing the essence of girlhood through her memories of family, social customs, and the influence of nature and poetry. Larcom's narrative explores themes of memory, identity, and spirituality, providing insight into the life of women textile workers in New England and the cultural landscape of the time.
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“... it is the greatest of all mistakes to begin life with the expectation that it is going to be easy, or with the wish to have it so.””
— Lucy Larcom
“Home-life, when one always stays at home, is necessarily narrowing. That is one reason why so many women are petty and unthoughtful of any except their own family's interests. We have hardly begun to live until we can take in the idea of the whole human family as the one to which we truly belong.””
— Lucy Larcom
