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Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

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Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

by Hannah Webster Foster

English· 06:32:05· 14 chapters
The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage, the novel went through many editions and innumerable printings in the century after its initial publication in 1797. (Summary by Jon Miller)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Introduction

    38:07
  2. Chapter 2

    Letters I through VII

    26:19
  3. Chapter 3

    Letters VIII through XIV

    27:13
  4. Chapter 4

    Letters XV through XXIII

    28:42
  5. Chapter 5

    Letters XXIV through XXIX

    32:18
  6. Chapter 6

    Letters XXX through XXXVII

    29:45
  7. Chapter 7

    Letters XXXVIII through XL

    27:42
  8. Chapter 8

    Letters XLI through XLIII

    26:59
  9. Chapter 9

    Letters XLIV through L

    22:00
  10. Chapter 10

    Letters LI through LVI

    27:47
  11. Chapter 11

    Letters LVII through LXI

    26:48
  12. Chapter 12

    Letters LXII through LXVI

    28:55
  13. Chapter 13

    Letters LXVII through LXIX

    21:53
  14. Chapter 14

    Letters LXX through LXXIV

    27:37