Charlotte TempleA story of seduction, betrayal and retribution. It is a sentimental, moralistic novel of Eighteenth century that leaves the protagonist, Charlotte, in the midst of a cunning and unforgiving world. The quest of love leaves her in America; lonely and away from home. With moral teachings and guidelines for women, the novel instantly captivates. |
Contents
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| 5 | |
UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNES | 10 |
CHANGE OF FORTUNE | 15 |
SUCH THINGS ARE | 21 |
AN INTRIGUING TEACHER | 25 |
NATURAL SENSE OF PROPRIETY INHERENT IN THE FEMALE BOSOM | 29 |
DOMESTIC PLEASURES PLANNED | 34 |
CHAPTER XII | 55 |
MATERNAL SORROW | 60 |
EMBARKATION | 64 |
NECESSARY DIGRESSION | 67 |
A WEDDING | 71 |
VOLUME II | 75 |
A MISTAKE DISCOVERED | 79 |
CHAPTER XX | 84 |
WE KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH | 38 |
WHEN WE HAVE EXCITED CURIOSITY IT IS BUT AN ACT OF GOOD NATURE TO GRATIFY IT | 43 |
CONFLICT OF LOVE AND DUTY | 46 |
CHAPTER XXI | 90 |
SORROWS OF THE HEART | 94 |
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affection affectionate affliction amiable anguish arms Beauchamp Belcour beloved benevolent bless blush bosom chaise CHAPTER Charlotte pass Charlotte Temple Charlotte's chear cheek Chichester child Colonel comfort contempt Corydon countenance Crayton cried Charlotte dare daughter dear dear Charlotte deserve distress door dreadful duty EasyRead Eldridge endeavour enquire Eustatia eyes father Father of mercy favour fear feel forget fortune friendship hand happiness heart honour hope husband innocence Julia Franklin knew lady leave letter look Lucy Madame Du Pont Mademoiselle marriage married mercy mind misery Montraville morning mother never New-York night once painful pardon parents passion peace pity pleasure poor Charlotte poor girl Portsmouth pray protection received reflexions remember replied Charlotte scene seducer sensible shame silence situation smile sorrow soul sufferings tears tell tenderness thou thought unhappy unhappy girl walked wish woman wretched young
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Page i - While the tear of compassion still trembled in my eye for the fate of the unhappy Charlotte, I may have Children of my own, said I, to whom this recital may be of use, and if to your own children, said Benevolence, why not to the many daughters of Misfortune who, deprived of natural friends, or spoilt by a mistaken education, are thrown on an unfeeling world without the least power to defend themselves from the snares, not only of the other sex, but from the more dangerous arts of the profligate...
Page i - Preface FOR the perusal of the young and thoughtless of the fair sex, this Tale of Truth is designed; and I could wish my fair readers to consider it as not merely the effusion of Fancy, but as a reality. The circumstances on which I have founded this novel were related to me some little time since by an old lady who had personally known Charlotte...