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The Power of Sympathy

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An early American sentimental novel of seduction, family secrecy, moral danger, and social reputation.

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The Power of Sympathy

The Power of Sympathy is often discussed as an early American novel, shaping sentimental fiction through themes of courtship, secrecy, virtue, scandal, and moral consequence. This English edition offers a clean reading text for BooksWhale readers.

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The Power of Sympathy

William Hill Brown

The Power of Sympathy.

_VOL. I._

_The impression of this Edition consists of 550 Copies, of which this is No. 313._

Edited by Walter Littlefield.

THE POWER OF SYMPATHY: or, the Triumph of Nature. Founded in Truth.

BY MRS. PEREZ MORTON (SARAH WENTWORTH APTHORP).

_With Frontispiece._

BOSTON: PRINTED·BY·CUPPLES & PATTERSON·AND·PUBLISHED BY·THEM·AT·THE·BACK BAY·BOOKSTORE·250·BOYLSTON·STREET

By WALTER LITTLEFIELD.

_All Rights Reserved._

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02OR, THE
  3. 03TRIUMPH OF NATURE.
  4. 04FOUNDED IN _TRUTH_.
  5. 05IN _TWO_ VOLUMES.
  6. 06TO THE
  7. 07AND TO
  8. 08AND TO
  9. 09WALTER LITTLEFIELD.
  10. 10PREFACE
  11. 11LETTER I.
  12. 12LETTER II.
  13. 13LETTER III.
  14. 14LETTER IV.
  15. 15LETTER V.
  16. 16LETTER VI.
  17. 17LETTER VII.
  18. 18LETTER VIII.
  19. 19LETTER IX.
  20. 20LETTER X.
  21. 21LETTER XI.
  22. 22LETTER XII.
  23. 23IN CONTINUATION.
  24. 24LETTER XIII.
  25. 25LETTER XIV.
  26. 26LETTER XV.
  27. 27LETTER XVI.
  28. 28LETTER XVII.
  29. 29LETTER XVIII.
  30. 30LETTER XIX.
  31. 31LETTER XX.
  32. 32LETTER XXI.
  33. 33LETTER XXII.
  34. 34LETTER XXIII.
  35. 35LETTER XXIV.
  36. 36LETTER XXV.
  37. 37AN _APOLOGUE_.
  38. 38LETTER XXVI.
  39. 39LETTER XXVII.
  40. 40LETTER XXVIII.
  41. 41OR, THE
  42. 42TRIUMPH OF NATURE.
  43. 43FOUNDED IN _TRUTH_.
  44. 44IN _TWO_ VOLUMES.
  45. 45BY ISAIAH THOMAS AND COMPANY.
  46. 46LETTER XXIX.
  47. 47LETTER XXX.
  48. 48LETTER XXXI.
  49. 49LETTER XXXII.
  50. 50LETTER XXXIII.
  51. 51LETTER XXXIV.
  52. 52LETTER XXXV.
  53. 53LETTER XXXVI.
  54. 54LETTER XXXVII.
  55. 55LETTER XXXVIII.
  56. 56LETTER XXXIX.
  57. 57LETTER XL.
  58. 58LETTER XLI.
  59. 59LETTER XLII.
  60. 60LETTER XLIII.
  61. 61LETTER XLIV.
  62. 62LETTER XLV.
  63. 63LETTER XLVI.
  64. 64LETTER XLVII.
  65. 65LETTER XLVIII.
  66. 66LETTER XLIX.
  67. 67LETTER L.
  68. 68LETTER LI.
  69. 69LETTER LII.
  70. 70LETTER LIII.
  71. 71LETTER LIV.
  72. 72LETTER LV.
  73. 73LETTER LVI.
  74. 74LETTER LVII.
  75. 75LETTER LVIII.
  76. 76LETTER LIX.
  77. 77LETTER LX.
  78. 78LETTER LXI.
  79. 79LETTER LXII.
  80. 80LETTER LXIII.
  81. 81LETTER LXIV.
  82. 82LETTER LXV.

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