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Theodore Sedgwick Fay

  • Born: 1807
  • Birthplace: New York
  • Died: 1898

Author Theodore Sedgwick Fay was a lawyer who held numerous diplomatic posts in Germany, Switzerland and England from 1837 to 1861. He also served as editor of the New York Mirror. Sedgwick's most famous novel, Norman Leslie, was based on a famous murder that occurred in New York at the beginning of the century. Though it was immediately very popular, Edgar Allen Poe called the book, "the most inestimable piece of balderdash with which the common sense of the good people of America were ever so openly or so villainously insulted."

His other works include Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man; The Minute Book, a Record of Travel; Countess Ida; Hoboken, a romance of New York; Sidney Clifton; Robert Rueful; Ulric, a Volume of Verse; Views of Christianity; Great Outlines of Geography; History of Switzerland; and History of the Three Germanys.

Most Famous Works

  • Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man (1832)
  • Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times (1835)
  • The Countess Ida: A Tale of Berlin (1840)
  • Hoboken (1843)
 
 
Works: Works by Theodore Sedgwick Fay
(1807-1898)

1832Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man. A collection of Fay's early writings originally published in the New York Mirror, which he edited from 1828 to 1833. It includes his popular series The Little Genius and other essays concerning literature, politics, the press, social issues, and the theater.
1835Norman Leslie: A Tale of the Present Times. The story of a sensational New York murder case in which Leslie is tried and acquitted for the murder of a young girl who disappears and later resurfaces in Paris. Fay's best work, it receives immediate popular and critical praise. However, it is also remembered for Edgar Allan Poe's comment that it is "the most inestimable piece of balderdash with which the common sense of the good people of America were ever so openly or so villainously insulted."
1840The Countess Ida: A Tale of Berlin. The author's second novel is set partly in Berlin during the French Revolution. It wins much critical praise; the Mirror describes it as "the best American novel of the day." The plot concerns a man who shows great bravery in refusing to duel, and the novel is notable for its clever turns of plot and vivid characterizations.

 
 

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