{"product_id":"9781551119984","title":"The Coquette and The Boarding School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nHannah Webster Foster based \u003cem\u003eThe Coquette\u003c\/em\u003e on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, an unmarried woman who died in childbirth in New England. Fictionalizing Whitman’s experiences in her heroine, Eliza Wharton, Foster created a compelling narrative of seduction that was hugely successful with readers. \u003cem\u003eThe Boarding School\u003c\/em\u003e, a less widely known work by Foster, is an experimental text, part epistolary novel and part conduct book. Together, the novels explore the realities of women’s lives in early America.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe critical introduction and appendices to this edition, which explore female friendship and the education of women in the novels, frame Foster as more than a purveyor of the sentimental novel, and re-evaluate her placement in American literary history.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233343115613,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551119984_ed859849-57a5-4e43-af5d-67a49b0e3cea.jpg?v=1793191678","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781551119984","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}