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Charlotte Temple

Susanna Rowson (1762 - 1824)

Charlotte Temple, a cautionary tale for young women, follows the unfortunate adventures of the eponymous heroine as she is seduced by a dashing soldier, Montraville. Influenced by both her lover and an unruly teacher at her boarding school, she is persuaded to run away to America, where she is eventually abandoned by Montraville after he becomes bored, leaving her alone and pregnant. First published in England in 1791, it went on to become America's bestselling novel, only being ousted by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Summary by BumbleVee)

Genre(s): Romance

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	00 - Preface	Elizabeth Klett	00:03:21
Play 01	01 - A Boarding School	Elizabeth Klett	00:05:43
Play 02	02 - Domestic Concerns	Elizabeth Klett	00:07:19
Play 03	03 - Unexpected Misfortunes	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:09:48
Play 04	04 - Change of Fortune	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:10:19
Play 05	05 - Such Things Are	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:07:25
Play 06	06 - An Intriguing Teacher	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:08:10
Play 07	07 - Natural Sense of Propriety	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:08:28
Play 08	08 - Domestic Pleasures Planned	Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)	00:08:13
Play 09	09 - We Know Not What a Day May Bring Forth	sbburke	00:08:22
Play 10	10 - When We Have Excited Curiosity	sbburke	00:06:13
Play 11	11 - Conflict of Duty	sbburke	00:06:38
Play 12	12 - Nature's, Last, Best Gift	sbburke	00:08:27
Play 13	13 - Cruel Disappointment	sbburke	00:09:00
Play 14	14 - Maternal Sorrow	sbburke	00:08:07
Play 15	15 - Embarkation	sbburke	00:06:12
Play 16	16 - Necessary Digression	sbburke	00:07:23
Play 17	17 - A Wedding	sbburke	00:07:37
Play 18	18 - Reflections	Jill Preston	00:09:13
Play 19	19 - A Mistake Discovered	Jill Preston	00:07:49
Play 20	20 - A Chapter of Accidents	Jill Preston	00:10:38
Play 21	21 - Teach Me to Feel Another's Woe	Jill Preston	00:06:30
Play 22	22 - Sorrows of the Heart	Jill Preston	00:08:46
Play 23	23 - A Man May Smile, and Be a Villain	Jill Preston	00:07:14
Play 24	24 - Mystery Developed	sbburke	00:11:09
Play 25	25 - Reception of a Letter	sbburke	00:05:30
Play 26	26 - What Might Be Expected	sbburke	00:08:06
Play 27	27 - Pensive She Mourn'd	sbburke	00:11:26
Play 28	28 - A Trifling Retrospect	sbburke	00:07:46
Play 29	29 - We Go Forward Again	sbburke	00:08:14
Play 30	30 - And What is Friendship But a Name	sbburke	00:07:43
Play 31	31 - Subject Continued	sbburke	00:06:52
Play 32	32 - Reasons Why and Wherefore	sbburke	00:06:08
Play 33	33 - Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read	sbburke	00:10:36
Play 34	34 - Retribution	sbburke	00:06:44
Play 35	35 - Conclusion	sbburke	00:04:32

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