Rowson, Mrs.,  1762-1824 <br/><br/>
Charlotte Temple 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Temple  Release date is 2006-03-12 
<br/><br/>Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger  Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>British -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction Runaway teenagers -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Didactic fiction Psychological fiction Illegitimate children -- Fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Elopement -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction Betrayal -- Fiction Seduction -- Fiction Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction 
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