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Charlotte Temple

by Susanna Haswell Rowson

First published
1791
Pages
123
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Read by sbburke, Richard Kilmer (1942-2022), Jill Preston and others · 4 h 41 min · 36 parts

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  1. 00 - Preface

    3:21

  2. 01 - A Boarding School

    5:43

  3. 02 - Domestic Concerns

    7:19

  4. 03 - Unexpected Misfortunes

    9:48

  5. 04 - Change of Fortune

    10:19

  6. 05 - Such Things Are

    7:25

  7. 06 - An Intriguing Teacher

    8:10

  8. 07 - Natural Sense of Propriety

    8:28

  9. 08 - Domestic Pleasures Planned

    8:13

  10. 09 - We Know Not What a Day May Bring Forth

    8:22

  11. 10 - When We Have Excited Curiosity

    6:13

  12. 11 - Conflict of Duty

    6:38

  13. 12 - Nature's, Last, Best Gift

    8:27

  14. 13 - Cruel Disappointment

    9:00

  15. 14 - Maternal Sorrow

    8:07

  16. 15 - Embarkation

    6:12

  17. 16 - Necessary Digression

    7:23

  18. 17 - A Wedding

    7:37

  19. 18 - Reflections

    9:13

  20. 19 - A Mistake Discovered

    7:49

  21. 20 - A Chapter of Accidents

    10:38

  22. 21 - Teach Me to Feel Another's Woe

    6:30

  23. 22 - Sorrows of the Heart

    8:46

  24. 23 - A Man May Smile, and Be a Villain

    7:14

  25. 24 - Mystery Developed

    11:09

  26. 25 - Reception of a Letter

    5:30

  27. 26 - What Might Be Expected

    8:06

  28. 27 - Pensive She Mourn'd

    11:26

  29. 28 - A Trifling Retrospect

    7:46

  30. 29 - We Go Forward Again

    8:14

  31. 30 - And What is Friendship But a Name

    7:43

  32. 31 - Subject Continued

    6:52

  33. 32 - Reasons Why and Wherefore

    6:08

  34. 33 - Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read

    10:36

  35. 34 - Retribution

    6:44

  36. 35 - Conclusion

    4:32

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Susanna Rowson's tale of a ruined innocent was among the most popular novels in early America, reprinted more than a hundred times and wept over by generations of readers. Charlotte Temple is a fifteen-year-old English schoolgirl persuaded to elope with a dashing army officer, Montraville, who carries her across the Atlantic and then, under pressure and temptation, abandons her pregnant and friendless in New York. Rowson tells the story as a frank warning to young women, speaking directly to her readers and insisting the events are drawn from truth. Sentimental and openly moralizing, it became a foundational American bestseller, and readers visited a supposed grave as though Charlotte had really lived. First published in 1791. Free to read as a PDF and EPUB edition.

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Susanna Haswell Rowson

Susanna Haswell Rowson (1762-1824) was a British-born American novelist, playwright, actress, and educator. After a stage career on both sides of the Atlantic, she founded a girls' school near Boston. 'Charlotte Temple' made her one of the most widely read authors of the early United States.

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First published
1791
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
123
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
sbburke, Richard Kilmer (1942-2022), Jill Preston and others