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Susanna Rowson


Born
in Portsmouth, England, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1762

Died
March 02, 1824

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Susanna Rowson, née Haswell, was a British-American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, and educator. She was the author of the novel Charlotte Temple--the most popular bestseller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852. ...more

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Average rating: 2.98 · 3,548 ratings · 395 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
Charlotte Temple
2.97 avg rating — 2,933 ratings — published 1790 — 328 editions
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Charlotte Temple / Lucy Temple
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3.01 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1991 — 28 editions
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Slaves in Algiers: A Strugg...
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2.64 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Reuben and Rachel: or, A Ta...
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2.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions
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Lucy Temple: Charlotte's Da...
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3.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1828 — 20 editions
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Sarah Or The Exemplary Wife
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions
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Trials of the Human Heart
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1795 — 2 editions
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Charlotte: A Tale of Truth....
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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An Abridgement of Universal...
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1806 — 5 editions
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Miscellaneous Poems By Susa...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 17 editions
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“The mind of youth eagerly catches at promised pleasure: pure and innocent by nature, it thinks not of the dangers lurking beneath those pleasures, till too late to avoid them.”
― Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple
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“She had on a blue bonnet, and with a pair of lovely eyes of the same colour, has contrived to make me feel devilish odd about the heart.”
― Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple
tags: eyes, heart, love
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“Oh my dear girls—for to such only am I writing—listen not to the voice of love, unless sanctioned by paternal approbation: be assured, it is now past the days of romance:”
― Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple
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