{"product_id":"charlotte-temple-and-lucy-temple-paperback-by-susanna-rowson","title":"Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple Paperback by Susanna Rowson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1991-02-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780140390803\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e230.77\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.58 x 12.7 x 1.83\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo classics by one of early America's most successful women writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1794, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Temple\u003c\/i\u003e was the biggest bestseller of American literary history until Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, half a century later. The story of a young English girl who elopes to America, there only to be cruelly abandoned, \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Temple\u003c\/i\u003e was repeatedly dramatized during the nineteenth century and provided inspiration for D. W. Griffith's \u003ci\u003eWay Down East\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLucy Temple\u003c\/i\u003e, Rowson's fascinating sequel, tells the story of Charlotte's orphaned daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSusanna Musgrove Haswell Rowson, destined to be one of the founding mothers of American literature, was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1762; she was taken to America in 1767 but returned to England in 1778. In 1793, with her husband, William Rowson, she moved to America for good and began a long and successful career\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003efirst in Philadelphia, then in the Boston area\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eas an actress, author, and feminist educator. She died in 1828. Among her most popular works were the novels \u003ci\u003eRebecca; or, The Fille de Chambre \u003c\/i\u003e(1792), \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Temple \u003c\/i\u003e(1791 [England]; 1794 [America]), \u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eor, The Three Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e (1828), the play \u003ci\u003eSlaves in Algiers\u003c\/i\u003e (1794), and the song \"America, Commerce, and Freedom.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnn Douglas is Parr Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Feminization of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many articles and reviews on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46551916740769,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780140390803","price":24.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780140390803.jpg?v=1781700943","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/charlotte-temple-and-lucy-temple-paperback-by-susanna-rowson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}