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WEEK THREE: Charlotte Temple & "Novel Reading"

1) What do you learn about early American publishing from the reproduced pages entitled "To Ladies and Gentlemen"?

2) What role does a character's nationality play in the plot? Focus on one character to illustrate your point.

3) How does the text seem to define "benevolence," and why does it play such a major role in the story?

4) Do Montraville and Belcour change in their basic character in the course of the story, or do they end up pretty much the same people as they started out?

5) How do the activities of reading and writing bear on the plot?

6) This book is often described as an advice manual. What kinds of advice does it offer its readers?

7) Why do you think Rowson felt it necessary to include the final chapter?

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