Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton
Author: first_name:  Hannah Webster
last_name: Foster
Language: English
Year: 1797

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage, the novel went through many editions and innumerable printings in the century after its initial publication in 1797. (Summary by Jon Miller)