Charlotte Temple
Mrs. Rowson
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Description
Susanna Rowson, billed as Mrs. Rowson, wrote Charlotte Temple, first published in London in 1791 and then in America, where it became the young nation's best-selling novel for decades. Charlotte is a schoolgirl of fifteen at a boarding school near London. A dashing officer, Montraville, charms her with the help of a scheming teacher, and talks her into sailing with him to America, promising marriage he never performs.
In New York she is kept, then cast off when he tires and marries money. Pregnant, poor, and ill, she is turned away by his new household and dies after giving birth, begging her father's pardon. Rowson frames the tale as a warning to young women and their parents, and readers wept over it for a century.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mrs. Rowson |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 225 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |