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Early American novels: women guarding morality through scandalous secrets.
The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette
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352 pages
- Release Date
1 November 1996
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Summary
Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, Brown’s The Power of Sympathy (1789) and Foster’s The Coquette (1797) were two of the earliest novels published in the United States. Both novels reflect the eighteenth-century preoccupation with the role of women as safekeepers of the young country’s morality.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434682 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140434682 |
| Author: | William Hill Brown, Hannah Webster Foster, Carla Mulford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 1996 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
William Hill Brown
William Wells Brown (1814-1884)
William Wells Brown was born into slavery, escaped to the North, and subsequently journeyed to England, emerging as a leading abolitionist figure of his era. His extensive literary output saw him become a trailblazer in multiple genres, notably travel writing, fiction, and drama.
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