Charlotte Temple: A Tale of TruthStory of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill. |
Contents
A BOARDING SCHOOL | 37 |
DOMESTIC CONCERNS | 40 |
UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNES | 44 |
CHANGE OF FORTUNE | 48 |
SUCH THINGS ARE | 53 |
FRENCH TEACHERS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD | 57 |
NATURAL SENSE OF PROPRIETY INHERENT IN THE FEMALE BOSOM | 61 |
DOMESTIC PLEASURES PLANNED | 65 |
A MISTAKE DISCOVERED | 105 |
VIRTUE NEVER APPEARS SO AMIABLE | 109 |
TEACHER ME TO FEEL ANOTHERS WOE | 114 |
SORROWS OF THE HEART | 117 |
A MAN MAY SMILE AND SMILE AND BE A VILLAIN | 120 |
MYSTERY DEVELOPED | 124 |
RECEPTION OF A LETTER | 129 |
WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED | 131 |
WE KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH | 69 |
WHEN WE HAVE EXCITED CURIOSITY IT IS BUT AN ACT OF GOOD NATURE TO GRATIFY IT | 73 |
CONFLICT OF LOVE AND DUTY | 76 |
NATURES LAST BEST GIFT | 79 |
CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT | 83 |
MATERNAL SORROW | 87 |
EMBARKATION | 91 |
NECESSARY DIGRESSION | 94 |
A WEDDING | 98 |
REFLECTIONS | 101 |
PENSIVE SHE MOURND | 134 |
A TRIFLING RETROSPECT | 139 |
WE GO FORWARD AGAIN | 142 |
AND WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP | 146 |
SUBJECT CONTINUED | 149 |
REASONS WHY AND WHEREFORE | 152 |
WHICH PEOPLE VOID OF FEELING NEED NOT READ | 155 |
RETRIBUTION | 159 |
CONCLUSION | 162 |
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affection American Antiquarian Society amiable anguish arms Beauchamp Belcour beloved bless blush bosom chaise Chapter Charlotte pass Charlotte Stanley Charlotte Temple Charlotte's chear cheek child countenance Crayton cried Charlotte daughter dear dear Charlotte distress dreadful duty edition of Charlotte Eldridge elopement endeavour England enquire Eustatia eyes Fanny Burney father favour feel forget fortune hand happy Haswell heart heaven honour hope innocent Julia Franklin knew lady leave letter look Lucy Lucy Temple Madame Du Pont Mademoiselle marriage married Matthew Carey mercy mind Minerva Press misery Miss Montraville Montrésor morning mother never novel once painful parents passion pity pleasure poor Charlotte Portsmouth readers received reflect replied Charlotte Rowson Samuel Richardson scene seducer silence smile sorrow soul suffer Susanna Susanna Rowson Tale of Truth tears tell tenderness thou thought tion unhappy wife wish woman wrote York young
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Page 35 - Charlotte, though she concealed the real names of the characters, and likewise the place where the unfortunate scenes were acted: yet as it was impossible to offer a relation to the public in such an imperfect state, I have thrown over the whole a slight veil of fiction, and substituted names and places according to my own fancy. The principal characters in this little tale are now consigned to the silent tomb: it can therefore hurt the feelings of no one; and may, I flatter myself, be of service...