Charlotte Temple by Mrs. Rowson
"Charlotte Temple" by Mrs. Rowson is a novel originally published in England in 1791. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Charlotte Temple, a schoolgirl seduced by a British officer who persuades her to run away with him to America. There, abandoned while pregnant and penniless, Charlotte faces devastating consequences. The novel became a bestseller in America, going through over 200 editions, and belongs to the seduction novel genre that captivated early American
readers with its cautionary tale of youthful innocence betrayed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 |
|---|---|
| Title | Charlotte Temple |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Temple |
| Credits | Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | British -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction |
| Subject | Runaway teenagers -- Fiction |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Didactic fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Illegitimate children -- Fiction |
| Subject | Soldiers -- Fiction |
| Subject | Elopement -- Fiction |
| Subject | Teenage girls -- Fiction |
| Subject | Betrayal -- Fiction |
| Subject | Seduction -- Fiction |
| Subject | Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 171 |
| Release Date | Mar 12, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 28, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1480 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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