{"product_id":"the-coquette-or-the-history-of-eliza-wharton-paperback","title":"The Coquette: or, The History of Eliza Wharton - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Webster Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eL. a. Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eL. a. Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spirited heroine. A dangerous flirtation. A society unwilling to forgive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished anonymously in 1797, \u003cem\u003eThe Coquette\u003c\/em\u003e quickly became one of the most widely read novels of early America. Inspired by the real-life story of Elizabeth Whitman-an intelligent and accomplished young woman whose tragic death became a national scandal-Hannah Webster Foster's epistolary novel explores the pressures placed on women in a world that offers them few real choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza Wharton is recently released from an unwanted engagement and eager to enjoy her freedom. But her charm and independence attract unwanted scrutiny, especially when she becomes the object of attention from both a respectable clergyman and a dangerously attractive libertine. As the letters fly and public judgement closes in, Eliza's story becomes a subtle but powerful meditation on reputation, agency and the human cost of social conformity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis P-Wave Classics edition includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe full text of Foster's original 1797 novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1855 Historical Preface by Jane E. Locke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaroline Wells Healey Dall's 1875 response, \u003cem\u003eThe Romance of the Association\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they offer a rare glimpse into the literary afterlife of \u003cem\u003eThe Coquette\u003c\/em\u003e and the fierce cultural debate surrounding the woman who inspired it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited with notes and an introduction by L.A. Davenport.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 428\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7 x 4.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46928852287627,"sku":"9781916937253","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/uy74_7ja-j9781916937253.webp?v=1778795417","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-coquette-or-the-history-of-eliza-wharton-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}