Hannah Webster Foster
18th and 19th-century American novelist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758/59 – April 17, 1840)[1] was an American novelist.
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Hannah Webster Foster | |
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Born | September 10, 1758/59 Salisbury |
Died | April 17, 1840 |
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Works | The Coquette |
Children | Harriet Vaughan Cheney, Eliza Lanesford Cushing |
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Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797.[2] Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page. In 1798, she published The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, a commentary on female education in the United States.[3]