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    Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton
    Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton
    Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton
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    Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

    Written by Hannah Webster Foster

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    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)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

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