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The Coquette (Early American Women Writers) (Reprint Edition) by Hannah Webster Foster, Cathy N. Davidson (Editor) Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-19-504239-5 / 0195042395 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-504239-9 / 9780195042399 The Coquette tells the much-publicized story of the seduction and death of Elizabeth Whitman, a poet from Hartford, Connecticut. Written as a series of letters--between the heroine and her friends and lovers--it describes her long, tortuous courtship by two men, neither of whom perfectly suits her |