Charlotte Temple


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(4.2 étoiles; 22 critiques)

Charlotte Temple, a cautionary tale for young women, follows the unfortunate adventures of the eponymous heroine as she is seduced by a dashing soldier, Montraville. Influenced by both her lover and an unruly teacher at her boarding school, she is persuaded to run away to America, where she is eventually abandoned by Montraville after he becomes bored, leaving her alone and pregnant. First published in England in 1791, it went on to become America's bestselling novel, only being ousted by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Summary by BumbleVee) (4 hr 41 min)

Chapitres

00 - Preface 3:21 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
01 - A Boarding School 5:43 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
02 - Domestic Concerns 7:19 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
03 - Unexpected Misfortunes 9:48 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
04 - Change of Fortune 10:19 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
05 - Such Things Are 7:25 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
06 - An Intriguing Teacher 8:10 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
07 - Natural Sense of Propriety 8:28 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
08 - Domestic Pleasures Planned 8:13 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
09 - We Know Not What a Day May Bring Forth 8:22 Lu par sbburke
10 - When We Have Excited Curiosity 6:13 Lu par sbburke
11 - Conflict of Duty 6:38 Lu par sbburke
12 - Nature's, Last, Best Gift 8:27 Lu par sbburke
13 - Cruel Disappointment 9:00 Lu par sbburke
14 - Maternal Sorrow 8:07 Lu par sbburke
15 - Embarkation 6:12 Lu par sbburke
16 - Necessary Digression 7:23 Lu par sbburke
17 - A Wedding 7:37 Lu par sbburke
18 - Reflections 9:13 Lu par Jill Preston
19 - A Mistake Discovered 7:49 Lu par Jill Preston
20 - A Chapter of Accidents 10:38 Lu par Jill Preston
21 - Teach Me to Feel Another's Woe 6:30 Lu par Jill Preston
22 - Sorrows of the Heart 8:46 Lu par Jill Preston
23 - A Man May Smile, and Be a Villain 7:14 Lu par Jill Preston
24 - Mystery Developed 11:09 Lu par sbburke
25 - Reception of a Letter 5:30 Lu par sbburke
26 - What Might Be Expected 8:06 Lu par sbburke
27 - Pensive She Mourn'd 11:26 Lu par sbburke
28 - A Trifling Retrospect 7:46 Lu par sbburke
29 - We Go Forward Again 8:14 Lu par sbburke
30 - And What is Friendship But a Name 7:43 Lu par sbburke
31 - Subject Continued 6:52 Lu par sbburke
32 - Reasons Why and Wherefore 6:08 Lu par sbburke
33 - Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read 10:36 Lu par sbburke
34 - Retribution 6:44 Lu par sbburke
35 - Conclusion 4:32 Lu par sbburke

Critiques

Dramatic


(5 étoiles)

America’s first novel is a cautionary tale to guard virtue.

I can see why it was a best seller


(4.5 étoiles)

Getting past the "old times values" I can see why it was so popular at the time. Flowery language is to be expected.


(3.5 étoiles)

Good story. One reader was a bit melodramatic.

love the title


(5 étoiles)

Absolutely love this book