The Power of Sympathy and The CoquettePenguin, 1996 M11 1 - 352 páginas 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. |
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... Conduct appeared so mysterious proves to be ye Daughter of a deceased Clergyman in Connecticut. She was handsome genteel & sensible but vain & coquetish[,] a great reader of Romances. She refused two as good offers of Marriage as she ...
... Conduct appeared so mysterious proves to be ye Daughter of a deceased Clergyman in Connecticut. She was handsome genteel & sensible but vain & coquetish[,] a great reader of Romances. She refused two as good offers of Marriage as she ...
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... conducted, and what should it consist of? While it is true that these cultural preoccupations were not peculiar to the eighteenth century, they did emerge with greater urgency during this era because of a general development of interest ...
... conducted, and what should it consist of? While it is true that these cultural preoccupations were not peculiar to the eighteenth century, they did emerge with greater urgency during this era because of a general development of interest ...
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... conduct so as to consent to marry him?” Burr asks. “Sertainly this does not well agree with so much virtue and piety. Nay I think it a very great defect in the performance, and then is'n't it seting up Riches and honnour as the great ...
... conduct so as to consent to marry him?” Burr asks. “Sertainly this does not well agree with so much virtue and piety. Nay I think it a very great defect in the performance, and then is'n't it seting up Riches and honnour as the great ...
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... conduct books, serious drama, and poetry—are just as important for consideration as the developing genre of the novel. As William Hill Brown's preface to his novel suggests, some thought all novel reading a mark of the devil in the ...
... conduct books, serious drama, and poetry—are just as important for consideration as the developing genre of the novel. As William Hill Brown's preface to his novel suggests, some thought all novel reading a mark of the devil in the ...
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... Conduct of the Female Sex (1765) and Sermons to Young Women (1766); Hester Mulso Chapone's Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1772); and Dr. John Gregory's A Father's Legacy to His Daughters (1774). These titles, just a few of the ...
... Conduct of the Female Sex (1765) and Sermons to Young Women (1766); Hester Mulso Chapone's Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1772); and Dr. John Gregory's A Father's Legacy to His Daughters (1774). These titles, just a few of the ...
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PREFACE | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
Miss HARRIOT FAWCET to Miss MYRA HARRINGTON | |
Miss MYRA HARRINGTON to Mrs HOLMES | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to Miss HARRINGTON | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
MYRA to HARRIOT | |
MYRA to Mrs HOLMES | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
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The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette William Wells Brown,Hannah Webster Foster Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
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acquaintance ADIEU advice affection agreeable American answer appeared attention become believe BOSTON Boyer Brown called cause century character circumstances conduct connection considered continued conversation Coquette daughter dear death desire duty early ELIZA WHARTON engaged esteem expect expressed feel fiction friendship future give hand happiness HARRINGTON heart HOLMES honor hope human idea imagination interest Julia kind lady leave LETTER lines live look LUCY Major Sanford mamma manners married means mind Miss moral nature never novel observed once particular passion perhaps person pleased pleasure polite present published readers reading reason received reflection respect retired Richman scenes seems sensibility sentiments sincere situation social society soon soul taste tears tell thing thought told took virtue walked wish woman women WORTHY write written young