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Sto caricando le informazioni... Charlotte Temple (1791)di Susanna Rowson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Early American literature, very popular, rivaled sales of Uncle Tom's Cabin, reminded of Richardson's Clarissa, only less violent. Mindless, easily swayed female so desperate for a man's attention she will go along with anything! Meh.....Don't waste your time. ( ) Charlotte Temple is a foolish girl, eloping with a man to America at the promptings of her teacher. Of course, it wouldn't end well and she was abandoned by the man, although it must be said that he did try to provide for her. What is touching is Charlotte regretting her impulsive act and thus causing sorrow to her parents. At least she was able to hand her child over to her father when he came to look for her. Remorse with a side dish of guilt is the theme of Charlotte Temple, a US bestseller before the term existed. The tale is universal - a lovely, well-brought-up, moral young woman takes a tiny step astray with the encouragement of a seeming friend. Guilt from taking the small step keeps her from admitting the error, and makes it easier to continue to move in a direction that she knows to be wrong. The morality tale is drawn to show the young female reader how easy it is to become a Fallen Woman, and how difficult to recover. While the tale is set in the 1700's, the theme is just as relevant today although the situation itself would not raise as many eyebrows. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple became a huge seller in America from its first publication there in 1794, subsequently going through over two hundred editions. This seduction novel tells of British schoolgirl Charlotte Temple, swept away to America by the dashing soldier John Montraville and abandoned there, sick and pregnant. Charlotte's daughter is the namesake of Rowson's sequel Lucy Temple. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.2Literature English (North America) American fiction Post-Revolutionary 1776-1830Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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