Ishmael (Southworth novel)
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Ishmael is a novel written by E.D.E.N. Southworth. Ishmael is the hero of the 1863–64 serialization Self-Made; or Out of the Depths. He is of low birth but has worked to establish himself in society as a lawyer.[1] He understands the suffering endured by his mother and seeks to protect women through his knowledge of the law.[2] Southworth is credited as contributing the "self-made man" character to literature with this novel. Ishmael and its sequel Self-Raised were both huge success.[3] In 1921, Ishmael was turned into a motion picture called Hearts of Youth.
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[edit]- ^ "Southworth, E.D.E.N. (1819–1899) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ Melissa Homestead; Pamela Washington (eds.). E.D.E.N. Southworth: Recovering a Nineteenth-Century Popular Novelist. The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 254–262. ISBN 9781572339255.
- ^ "Emma Southworth | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
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