With an Introduction by Jane SmileyFirst published in America in 1794, Charlotte Temple took the country by storm—in fact, it was this nation’s first bona fide “bestseller.” Susanna Rowson’s most famous work is the story of an innocent British schoolgirl who takes the advice of her depraved French teacher— with tragic consequences. Seduced by the dashing Lieutenant Montraville, who persuades her to move to America with him, the fifteen-year-old Charlotte leaves her...

The novel tells the tragic story of Charlotte Temple, a young English girl who falls prey to the manipulations of a dashing soldier named John Montraville. Charlotte, a naive and impressionable boarding school student, is seduced by Montraville's promises of love and a life of excitement in America.Believing in Montraville's affections, Charlotte leaves England and accompanies him to America, where she faces abandonment, betrayal, and societal scorn. The novel portrays Charlotte's descent ...

**Two classics by one of early America's most successful women writersA Penguin Classic**First published in 1794, Charlotte Temple was the biggest bestseller of American literary history until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, half a century later. The story of a young English girl who elopes to America, there only to be cruelly abandoned, Charlotte Temple was repeatedly dramatized during the nineteenth century and provided inspiration fo...

First published in England in 1791 and the United States in 1794, Susanna Rowson’s “Charlotte Temple” was America’s first best-selling novel. The story is an example of the seduction novel genre, which was wildly popular in early American literature and focuses on the dangers to young ladies of being seduced by unscrupulous men. In Rowson’s novel, the main character is Charlotte Temple, a lovely and naïve young British girl who falls for the overwhelming charm of a handsome soldier, Lieute...

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Susanna Rowson was an American novelist, poet, and playwright best known for writing Charlotte Temple in 1791. Charlotte Temple was the best-selling book in American literature until Uncle Tom's Cabin. The action centers around a British schoolgirl who falls in love with a dreamy soldier who brings her to America. A table of contents is included.

The sentimental novels of the early national period were considered a danger to society and were criticized for the corrupting influence they had on the minds of their mostly young and female audience. They told tales of vice and intrigue that purported to be "based on fact" and also advocated the need for better female education that would prepare young women against sweet-talking seducers. Extremely popular in America after the Revolution and throughout the nineteenth century, Charlo...

Charlotte Temple is a novel by Susanna Rowson. It was first published in England in 1791 under the title Charlotte, A Tale of Truth. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller. It has gone through over 200 American editions. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The book tells of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill. As such, it belongs to the seduction novel genre popular in early American literature.

Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple became a huge seller in America from its first publication there in 1794, subsequently going through over two hundred editions. This seduction novel tells of British schoolgirl Charlotte Temple, swept away to America by the dashing soldier John Montraville and abandoned there, sick and pregnant. Charlotte's daughter is the namesake of Rowson's sequel Lucy Temple.

The sentimental novels of the early national period were considered a danger to society and were criticized for the corrupting influence they had on the minds of their mostly young and female audience. They told tales of vice and intrigue that purported to be "based on fact" and also advocated the need for better female education that would prepare young women against sweet-talking seducers. Extremely popular in America after the Revolution and throughout the nineteenth century, Charlo...

This riveting novel tells of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill. As such, it belongs to the seduction novel genre popular in early American literature.