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
Last Update Jan 28, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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