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The Coquette (Paperback)
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The Coquette (Paperback)
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The Coquette (1797) is a novel by American author Hannah Webster
Foster. Published anonymously, The Coquette was one of
eighteenth-century America's bestselling books. Based on the story
of Elizabeth Whitman, a New England socialite whose death during
the birth of her illegitimate child was a sensational topic in
newspapers at the time, Foster's novel attempts to turn tragedy and
gossip into a topic of serious moral and social discussion. The
Coquette both empathizes with its main character and promotes the
need for educating women, making it a groundbreaking work of early
feminism and an important example of the epistolary form, a popular
style of eighteenth century fiction which uses letters between
characters as narration. Having been released from an unhappy
marriage by the death of her husband, Eliza Wharton-the daughter of
a prominent clergyman-finds herself hoping for more from life. As
she begins to envision the independent life she desires, two
competing suitors threaten to disrupt her plans before she can even
realize them. Rev. J. Boyer is a kind but unappealing man who fails
to inspire a sense of romance in Eliza, while Major Peter Sanford,
a known womanizer, is an exciting and unpredictable man who manages
to pique Eliza's interest before marrying another woman. As she
loses sight of her newfound sense of independence, Eliza becomes a
mere object of male affection, a woman to be seduced, but not
respected. When an affair with Sanford goes terribly wrong, and
finding herself with nowhere to turn, Eliza's life slowly falls to
pieces before our eyes. The Coquette is a tragic novel with a
complex message. While it critiques Eliza's moral failures, it also
deconstructs society's attempts to blame women for the ways in
which men manipulate and abandon them. The solution, according to
Hannah Webster Foster, must be to educate women so that they will
not only be given the tools for independence, but the ability to
succeed either without men or as their rational equals. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette is a classic
of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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