The father of this novel's protagonist attempts to help a woman whose death serves as a "striking example" of "vice" leading to "misery and shame," Mrs. (*) Crayton, after arriving in New York to rescue his daughter.
The narrator of this novel informs the reader that a woman has no jewelry to sell to pay for travel, thus forcing her to walk to a nearby city on foot. A libertine in this novel withholds money given to him to support his friend's abandoned mistress, hoping to make her give in to his sexual advances. The father of this novel's protagonist attempts to help a woman whose death serves as a "striking example" of "vice" leading to "misery and shame," Mrs. (*) Crayton, after arriving in New York to rescue his daughter. This novel's sequel stars the protagonist's daughter Lucy, whose birth kills her mother, despite Mrs. Beauchamp's efforts. The title character of this novel is seduced by a man who kills Belcour in a duel, the soldier John Montraville. The first bestselling novel in American history is, for 10 points, what novel in which the title British girl dies in New York, written by Susanna Rowson?
The narrator of this novel informs the reader that a woman has no jewelry to sell to pay for travel, thus forcing her to walk to a nearby city on foot.
Charlotte Temple [accept Charlotte, A Tale of Truth]