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Eliza Wharton, the daughter of a prominent clergyman, finds herself released from an unhappy marriage upon the death of her husband. But she is soon beset with persistent suitors who disrupt her newfound sense of independence and tempt her in ways that threaten not only her social standing, but her life. The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster is a groundbreaking epistolary novel and important work of early American fiction.

Eliza Wharton, the daughter of a prominent clergyman, finds herself released from an unhappy marriage upon the death of her husband. But she is soon beset with persistent suitors who disrupt her newfound sense of independence and tempt her in ways that threaten not only her social standing, but her life. The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster is a groundbreaking epistolary novel and important work of early American fiction.