The Power of Sympathy and The CoquettePenguin, 01.11.1996 - 352 Seiten Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, Brown’s The Power of Sympathy (1789) and Foster’s The Coquette (1797) were two of the earliest novels published in the United States. Both novels reflect the eighteenth-century preoccupation with the role of women as safekeepers of the young country’s morality. |
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... WORTHY. LETTER II. WORTHY to HARRINGTON. LETTER III. HARRINGTON to WORTHY. LETTER IV. Miss HARRIOT FAWCET to Miss MYRA HARRINGTON. LETTER V. Miss MYRA HARRINGTON to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER VI. HARRINGTON to WORTHY. LETTER VII. Mrs. HOLMES ...
... WORTHY. LETTER II. WORTHY to HARRINGTON. LETTER III. HARRINGTON to WORTHY. LETTER IV. Miss HARRIOT FAWCET to Miss MYRA HARRINGTON. LETTER V. Miss MYRA HARRINGTON to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER VI. HARRINGTON to WORTHY. LETTER VII. Mrs. HOLMES ...
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... WORTHY. LETTER XXXIII. Mrs. HOLMES to MYRA. LETTER XXXIV. HARRINGTON tO WORTHY. LETTER XXXV. MYRA to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER XXXVI. HARRINGTON tO WORTHY. LETTER XXXVII. Mrs. HOLMES to MYRA. LETTER XXXVIII. MYRA to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER XXXIX ...
... WORTHY. LETTER XXXIII. Mrs. HOLMES to MYRA. LETTER XXXIV. HARRINGTON tO WORTHY. LETTER XXXV. MYRA to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER XXXVI. HARRINGTON tO WORTHY. LETTER XXXVII. Mrs. HOLMES to MYRA. LETTER XXXVIII. MYRA to Mrs. HOLMES. LETTER XXXIX ...
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... Worthy (Letter XVII) about a social gathering he attended. The party was going along very well, until a highly accomplished young woman, Miss P——, overheard someone whisper about her, in a derogatory way, that she was “a mechanick's ...
... Worthy (Letter XVII) about a social gathering he attended. The party was going along very well, until a highly accomplished young woman, Miss P——, overheard someone whisper about her, in a derogatory way, that she was “a mechanick's ...
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... Worthy tried to suggest, help women develop appropriate social outcomes in their behaviors and attitudes. If women preferred reading novels to reading educational or behavioral tracts, Brown seems to have surmised, then they should be ...
... Worthy tried to suggest, help women develop appropriate social outcomes in their behaviors and attitudes. If women preferred reading novels to reading educational or behavioral tracts, Brown seems to have surmised, then they should be ...
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... Worthy, and the Reverend Mr. Holmes. Rather early in the novel, Mrs. Holmes recommends to Myra Harrington that she read A Lady of Quality's Advice to Her Children. Mrs. Holmes suggests that although this is an English book, it contains ...
... Worthy, and the Reverend Mr. Holmes. Rather early in the novel, Mrs. Holmes recommends to Myra Harrington that she read A Lady of Quality's Advice to Her Children. Mrs. Holmes suggests that although this is an English book, it contains ...
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PREFACE | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
Miss HARRIOT FAWCET to Miss MYRA HARRINGTON | |
Miss MYRA HARRINGTON to Mrs HOLMES | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRINGTON to HARRIOT | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to Miss HARRINGTON | |
WORTHY to HARRINGTON | |
HARRINGTON to WORTHY | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
Mrs HOLMES to MYRA | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
HARRIOT to MYRA | |
MYRA to HARRIOT | |
MYRA to Mrs HOLMES | |
WORTHY to MYRA | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance ADIEU advice affection agreeable American answer appeared attention become believe BOSTON Boyer Brown called cause century character circumstances conduct connection considered continued conversation Coquette daughter dear death desire duty early ELIZA WHARTON engaged esteem expect expressed feel fiction friendship future give hand happiness HARRINGTON heart HOLMES honor hope human idea imagination interest Julia kind lady leave LETTER lines live look LUCY Major Sanford mamma manners married means mind Miss moral nature never novel observed once particular passion perhaps person pleased pleasure polite present published readers reading reason received reflection respect retired Richman scenes seems sensibility sentiments sincere situation social society soon soul taste tears tell thing thought told took virtue walked wish woman women WORTHY write written young