{"product_id":"charlotte-temple","title":"Charlotte Temple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the people meant to keep a trusting girl safe help lead her into danger?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Charlotte Temple loves her parents and wants to be good. At her boarding school in Chichester, she has little knowledge of the world beyond it. Then Montraville, a vain, impulsive young army officer, notices her at church. Mademoiselle La Rue, a calculating teacher, helps bring them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Susanna Rowson's short novel, Charlotte faces a painful pull between affection for her parents and the officer who wants to win her. Seduction, betrayal and lost innocence shape this tale of warning. Rowson speaks directly to you along the way, asking who deserves blame—and refusing to place it all on the girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA trusting heart\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a girl whose wish to do right offers little protection against others' schemes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove against duty\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Charlotte as her growing acquaintance with Montraville tests her loyalty to her parents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety in question\u003c\/strong\u003e – Look behind the school gates, where reputation matters more to Madame Du Pont than watchfulness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA storyteller beside you\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear Rowson pause the action to question, comment and urge her readers to learn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlame beyond the girl\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a tale that weighs Charlotte's choices alongside the pressures and failures of those around her.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy early novels, stories of manners and morals, American reading history, and portrayals of women's lives in the 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Charlotte before love and duty pull her in different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534606434652,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/04101_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792174950","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/charlotte-temple","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}