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THE COQUETTE
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| By: |
Hannah Webster Foster, Cathy N. Davidson (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195042395 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195042399 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
19 February, 1987 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Coquette," one of the two "best-selling" American novels of the 18th century, tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Conneticut. Written as a series of letters - between the heroine and her friends and lovers - it describes her long, tortuous courtship by two men, neither of whom perfectly suits her. Eliza Wharton (as Whitman is called in the novel) wavers between Major Sanford, a charming but insincere man, and the Reverend Boyer, a bore who wants to marry her. When, in her mid-30s, Wharton finds herself suddenly abandoned when both men marry other women, she willfully enters into a relationship with Sanford and becomes pregnant. Alone and dejected, she dies in childbirth at a roadside inn. |
| Illustrations: |
1facsim. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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