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Charlotte Temple

by Mrs. Rowson

1794 · Children's books · Novel

Open Library OL1487362W

Charlotte Temple recounts a schoolgirl, Charlotte Temple, who is seduced by a British officer and brought to America, where she is abandoned, pregnant, sick and in poverty. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller.

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