Hannah Webster Foster

Novelist, Author

1758 – 1840

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Who was Hannah Webster Foster?

Hannah Webster Foster was an American novelist.

Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797. Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page. In 1798 she published The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, a commentary on female education in the United States.

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Born
Sep 10, 1758
Salisbury
Also known as
  • Mrs. Hannah Foster
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Apr 17, 1840
Montreal

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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