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Lady of the Aroostook, The
Lady of the Aroostook, The, novel by Howells, published in 1879.
Lydia Blood, a Massachusetts schoolteacher, sails for Venice on the Aroostook. She becomes the object of the attentions of Hicks, a drunken ne'er‐do‐well, and is saved from his advances by James Staniford, a member of Boston society. Staniford, gradually made aware of Lydia's native nobility that has been veiled by her provincialisms, falls in love with her and they are married in Venice. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lady of the Aroostook, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lady of the Aroostook, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-LadyoftheAroostookThe.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lady of the Aroostook, The." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-LadyoftheAroostookThe.html |
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Aroostook
Aroostook , river, c.140 mi (225 km) long, rising in N Maine and winding E to the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. The Aroostook War , caused by boundary disputes between Maine and New Brunswick, took place in the Aroostook valley. The river gives its name to a county in the United States famous for potatoes. |
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"Aroostook." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Aroostook." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AroostRiv.html "Aroostook." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AroostRiv.html |
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