HARRIET BEECHER STOWE THE MINISTERs WOOING First published in 1859 Harriet Beecher Stowes third novel is set in eighteenthcentury Newport Rhode Island a communi... » 

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE THE MINISTERs WOOING First published in 1859 Harriet Beecher Stowes third novel is set in eighteenthcentury Newport Rhode Island a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Mary Scudder lives in a modest farmhouse with her widowed mother and their boarder Samuel Hokins a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Mary is in love with the passionate James Marvyn but Mary is devout and James is a skeptic and Marys mother opposes the union. James goes to sea and when he is reported drowned Mary is persuaded to become engaged to Dr. Hopkins. «