Bøker av Susanna Rowson

A teenager is seduced by a charming solider who abandons her in a foreign country. Charlotte Temple, by Susanna Rowson, is a tragic story about a young girl left to fend for herself in America. The book was originally published in England in 1791 and the U.S. in 1794.

Seduced by a handsome English soldier, Charlotte abandons everything she has known to travel to America. When they get there, he loses interest in the young girl, leaving her to fend for herself in New York City. When she succumbs to illness and poverty, she leaves a young daughter behind. Lucy Temple is a novel by Susanna Rowson.

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 adoring parents and makes the treacherous sea voyage to New York. In the land of opportunity, Charlotte is callously abandoned by Montraville. Alone and pregnant with an illegitimate child, she valiantly fights to stave off poverty and ruin. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition.

Like `The Coquette' this novel was immensely popular in its day and was in fact the most popular novel in America until `Uncle Tom's Cabin'.