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Charlotte Temple

Mrs. Rowson

Charlotte Temple

Mrs. Rowson

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"Charlotte Temple" by Mrs. Rowson is a novel originally published in England in 1791. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Charlotte Temple, a schoolgirl seduced by a British officer who persuades her to run away with him to America. There, abandoned while pregnant and penniless, Charlotte faces devastating consequences. The novel became a bestseller in America, going through over 200 editions, and belongs to the seduction novel genre that captivated early American readers with its cautionary tale of youthful innocence betrayed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1CHARLOTTE TEMPLE(1)58,995 chars
  2. 2CHARLOTTE TEMPLE(2)57,673 chars
  3. 3CHARLOTTE TEMPLE(3)11,262 chars
  4. 4CHAPTER XX.(1)59,044 chars
  5. 5CHAPTER XX.(2)41,378 chars