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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... married to her sister, the poet Sarah Morton. Charles Apthorp, father of the two women, tried to force a settlement from Perez Morton, and Fanny Apthorp ended her life (in suicide) as a result. Some literary historians have suggested ...
... married to her sister, the poet Sarah Morton. Charles Apthorp, father of the two women, tried to force a settlement from Perez Morton, and Fanny Apthorp ended her life (in suicide) as a result. Some literary historians have suggested ...
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... marry; Fidelia is left ill and unstable from her abduction and her betrothed's suicide, and she is unable to care for her aging father. The third subplot—the history of Maria Fawcet—has greater bearing on the novel's outcome, although ...
... marry; Fidelia is left ill and unstable from her abduction and her betrothed's suicide, and she is unable to care for her aging father. The third subplot—the history of Maria Fawcet—has greater bearing on the novel's outcome, although ...
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... from September to December 1790, under the title “The Yankee.” In 1792, he moved from New England to the home of his married sister, Elizabeth Brown Hinchborne, in Murfreesborough, North Carolina. Although his sister died (from.
... from September to December 1790, under the title “The Yankee.” In 1792, he moved from New England to the home of his married sister, Elizabeth Brown Hinchborne, in Murfreesborough, North Carolina. Although his sister died (from.
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... married. At the time he died, Brown left among his papers a number of writings that later saw print and dramatic performance. His play WestPoint Preserved; Or, The Treason of Arnold (now lost) seems to have been performed in Boston (in ...
... married. At the time he died, Brown left among his papers a number of writings that later saw print and dramatic performance. His play WestPoint Preserved; Or, The Treason of Arnold (now lost) seems to have been performed in Boston (in ...
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... married Rev. John Foster, who was four years younger than she, a graduate of Dartmouth College, and pastor of the First Church in Brighton, Massachusetts. The year after she married, Hannah Webster Foster bore her first child, who seems ...
... married Rev. John Foster, who was four years younger than she, a graduate of Dartmouth College, and pastor of the First Church in Brighton, Massachusetts. The year after she married, Hannah Webster Foster bore her first child, who seems ...
Contenido
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 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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