02711oam 2200469z- 450 991015157480332120211030125049.01-62973-460-8(CKB)3710000000951942(EXLCZ)99371000000095194220210505c2016uuuu -u- -engForever and forever the courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton /Josi S. KilpackShadow Mountain1-62972-142-5 "Based on the true love story of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Boston socialite Fanny Appleton, this novel chronicles their seven-year courtship through Europe and Boston"--Provided by publisher."It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also drawn to education, literature, and more intellectual pursuits. Published author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is also touring Europe, but under much different circumstances. Recently widowed, he is gathering research for a new publication that he hopes will secure his professorship at Harvard College. Befriended by the Appleton family while visiting Switzerland, Henry is introduced to Fanny and sees in her a kindred spirit, a lover of language and literature and high ideals. He is in love. Fanny, however, is uncertain. He is from a much lower social class and is older than she is. How could such a relationship ever thrive? Could a book of Henry's poetry, personally delivered, persuade Fanny to believe in a love that lasts forever and forever?"--Provided by publisher.CourtshipUnited StatesHistory19th centuryFictionCourtshipfast(OCoLC)fst00881873Boston (Mass.)settingMassachusettsBostonfastUnited StatesfastBiographical fiction.lcgftHistorical fiction.lcgftRomance fiction.lcgftChristian fiction.lcgftNovels.lcgftBiographical fiction.fastChristian fiction.fastFiction.fastHistorical fiction.fastHistory.fastNovels.fastRomance fiction.fastCourtshipHistoryCourtship.813/.54Kilpack Josi S.1236024BOOK9910151574803321Forever and forever3399641UNINA