Susanna Haswell Rowson "Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth.
Susanna Rowson was arming young women for survival in a perilous world inhabited by seducers, hypocrites, and false friends. The society that forms the background of the novel was dominated by a rigid moral code, and violations of it were dealt with very harshly. Keeping in mind that Rowson intended to reach "the young and thoughtless of the fair sex" (see the "Preface" to Charlotte Temple), and, if possible, to protect these vulnerable young women from the pain of social rejection, the modern reader can better understand the author's emphatic moralism and melodramatic language.
"Charlotte Templ" was published in Great Britain in 1791. In 1794, it was published in the US becoming the biggest bestseller there until Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1964.
Used book. Previous owner’s sticker on endpaper. Otherwise, very good, nice and clean.