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1854 novel by Maria Susanna Cummins

This article is about the novel by Maria Susanna Cummins. For the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, see The Lamplighter (poem).

The Lamplighter is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era.

Plot synopsis

A female Bildungsroman, The Lamplighter tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant.^[1] Gertrude is lovingly raised and taught virtues and religious faith.

She becomes a moralistic woman. In adulthood, she is rewarded for her long suffering with marriage to a childhood friend.

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The lamplighter Cummins Maria S. (Maria Susanna) University of Virginia Library, Text collection UVA-LIB-Text University of Virginia Library.

Response

The Lamplighter was Cummins's first novel and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days. The work sold 40,000 in eight weeks, and within five months it had sold 65,000.

At the time it was second in sales