“Is She Happy?” by Katherine Dean from the Wylie’s 1856 May Edition of “Godey’s Lady’s Book”

Featured in the Wylie’s 1856 May edition of “Godey’s Lady’s Book”, the short-story “Is She Happy” by Katherine Dean captured the religiously charged and composed experience of loss and mourning, while also marking the deep attachment of mother and child.

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Louis A. Godey and Sarah J. Hale, “Godey’s Lady’s Book,” (Providence: Fuller and Whitaker, May 1856)