Hannah Webster Foster

Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton, The by Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840)

Epistolary Fiction Published before 1800 English

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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Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton, The by Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840)

Letters LXX through LXXIV

Letters LXVII through LXIX

Letters LXII through LXVI

Letters LVII through LXI

Letters LI through LVI

Letters XLIV through L

Letters XLI through XLIII

Letters XXXVIII through XL

Letters XXX through XXXVII

Letters XXIV through XXIX

Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton, The by Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840)

Episodes

Letters LXX through LXXIV

Letters LXVII through LXIX

Letters LXII through LXVI

Letters LVII through LXI

Letters LI through LVI

Letters XLIV through L

Letters XLI through XLIII

Letters XXXVIII through XL

Letters XXX through XXXVII

Letters XXIV through XXIX