The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette (Penguin Classics)
by Hannah Webster Foster, William Hill Brown
Two foundational American novels examining virtue, seduction, and social constraints in the early republic, presented in a single Penguin Classics edition.
About This Book
This Penguin Classics edition brings together two landmark works of early American literature.
The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown is widely regarded as the first American novel.
The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster presents a tragic tale drawn from real events.
Together they offer insight into eighteenth-century social norms and literary beginnings.
The volume provides valuable context for readers interested in the origins of American fiction.
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