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Article: Sisterhood born from seduction: Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple, and Stephen Crane's Maggie Johnson
- Article from:
- Journal of American Culture
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright American Culture Association Spring 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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After the American publication of Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple, in 1794, readers became so captivated by the ill-fated heroine that the book became the young nation's first best-selling novel. This tragic story of Charlotte's seduction, betrayal, and eventual demise would remain popular well into the nineteenth century, with the text eventually going through more than 200 editions. Almost a century after the publication of Rowson's text, another variation on the theme of seduction and betrayal was made available to the reading public. Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, appeared on the shelves of Brentano's Book Shop in New York City in 1893. Although this ...
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