The Coquette and the Boarding School: A Norton Critical Edition

by Hannah Webster Foster

Book Overview

Published anonymously in 1797, Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette grabbed American interest with its ripped-from-the-headlines story of sex and scandal. A steady best seller for decades, the seduction novel was passed down through generations; indeed, its heroine became better known than the book's author. A year later, Foster's lesser-known follow-up, The Boarding School, provided an equally compelling portrait of women at the turn of the nineteenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393931676
• ISBN13: 9780393931679
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.3"