The Power of Sympathy and the Coquette

Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, Brown's The Power of Sympathy (1789) and Foster's The Coquette (1797) were two of the earliest novels published in the United States. Both novels reflect the eighteenth-century preoccupation with the role of women as safekeepers of the young country's morality.

Author: William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/01/1996
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.82h x 5.04w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780140434682
ISBN10: 0140434682
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was born a slave, escaped to the North and then to England, and became one of the most prominent abolitionists of his time. During his prolific literary career, Brown was a pioneer in several different genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama.