The Coquette; or, the History of Eliza Wharton. A Novel: Founded On Fact. by A Lady of Massachusetts. by Hannah Webster Foster

The Coquette; or, the History of Eliza Wharton. A Novel: Founded On Fact. by A Lady of Massachusetts.

Hannah Webster Foster

304 pages • first pub 1797 (editions)

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Based on the true and tragic story of Eliza Whitman, the subject of America's first tabloid scandal, this 1797 sentimental novel both satirizes and pays homage to its moralistic predecessors. The heroine's dilemma — a choice between duty, romance,...

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