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Ishmael is a novel written by E.D.E.N. Southworth. Ishmael is the hero of the 1863–64 serialization Self-Made; or Out of the Depths. He is of low birth but has worked to establish himself in society as a lawyer. He understands the suffering endured by his mother and seeks to protect women through his knowledge of the law. Southworth is credited as contributing the "self-made man" character to literature with this novel. Ishmael and its sequel Self-Raised were both huge success. In 1921, Ishmael was turned into a motion picture called Hearts of Youth.

See also

• The Hidden Hand (novel)
• New York Ledger
• The National Era

References

1. "Southworth, E.D.E.N. (1819–1899) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
2. Melissa Homestead; Pamela Washington (eds.). E.D.E.N. Southworth: Recovering a Nineteenth-Century Popular Novelist. The University of Tennessee Press. pp. 254–262. ISBN 9781572339255.
3. "Emma Southworth | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-03-02.

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