Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple
  • Published: 1 February 1991
  • ISBN: 9780140390803
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $38.00

Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple

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Rowson’s tale of a young girl who elopes to the United States only to be abandoned by her fiancé was once the bestselling novel in American literary history. This edition also includes Lucy Temple, the fascinating story of Charlotte’s orphaned daughter.
  • Published: 1 February 1991
  • ISBN: 9780140390803
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Susanna Rowson

Susanna Rowson (1762-1824), novelist, playwright
actress and educator, was born in Portsmouth,
England. Her mother died when she was an infant.
She was raised in New England by her father, a Bri
ish Navy man. During the Revolutionary war,
Susanna's family was held captive for three years
until they were sent back to England in a prisoner
exchange. Susanna married an English actor and
stagehand, William Rowson, and they relocated to
Philadelphia, and then Boston, to work in the thea-
ter. Susanna retired from the stage in 1797 to write
novels, and to run a Young Ladies' Academy. In
addition to Charlotte Temple (1791) and the sequel,
Charlotte's Daughter; or. The Three Orphans
(published posthumously in 1828), Rowson wrote
several novels and dramatic works, as well as educa-
tional tracts that she created for her young pupils.

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