The Coquette
Author: Hannah Webster Foster
The Coquette tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut.,,Written as a series of letters–between the heroine and her friends and lovers–it describes her long, tortuous courtship by two men, neither of whom perfectly suits her. Eliza Wharton (as Whitman is called in the novel) wavers between Major Sanfo….Read More
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