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...

Charlotte Temple, written by Mrs. Rowson, is a seminal novel in American literature that highlights the consequences of naivety and societal expectations on a young woman. Set in the 18th century, the...

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...

In Mrs. Rowson's novel, 'Charlotte Temple,' readers are taken on a heartbreaking journey through the tragic life of the titular character. This epistolary novel, written in a sentimental and didactic...