# Charlotte Temple

By Mrs. Rowson.

"Charlotte Temple" by Mrs. Rowson is a novel originally published in England in 1791. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Charlotte Temple, a schoolgirl seduced by a British officer who persuades her to run away with him to America. There, abandoned while pregnant and penniless, Charlotte faces devastating consequences. The novel became a bestseller in America, going through over 200 editions, and belongs to the seduction novel genre that captivated early American readers with its cautionary tale of youthful innocence betrayed. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: British -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Runaway teenagers -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Psychological fiction; Illegitimate children -- Fiction; Soldiers -- Fiction; Elopement -- Fiction; Teenage girls -- Fiction; Betrayal -- Fiction; Seduction -- Fiction; Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Charlotte Temple](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5150) by Susanna Rowson (4 h 42 min, English)

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