# Charlotte Temple — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Charlotte Temple by Susanna Haswell Rowson.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph introduces Charlotte Temple as a beloved only child, beautiful and virtuous, but foreshadows her ruin by a cruel seducer.
- [The Author's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/the-author-s-preface.md): The author explains that this tale is based on a true story told by an old lady who knew Charlotte Temple, though names and places have been changed. She hopes the story will serve as a warning to young, thoughtless wome
- [Charlotte Temple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/charlotte-temple.md): The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the story of Charlotte Temple, a young girl whose tragic fate is set in motion by seduction and betrayal. The narrative establishes the themes of virtue, parental love, a
- [I: A Boarding School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-i-a-boarding-school.md): Montraville and Belcour, two British officers, stop in Chichester and see Charlotte Temple leaving church with her school. Montraville, captivated by her beauty, resolves to pursue her. He returns to the school grounds, 
- [II: Domestic Concerns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-ii-domestic-concerns.md): Mr. Temple, a younger son of a nobleman, chooses to marry for love and live within his modest means rather than sacrifice happiness for status. His benevolent nature leads him to visit Captain Eldridge in the Fleet Priso

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- [III: Unexpected Misfortunes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-iii-unexpected-misfortunes.md)
- [IV: Change of Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-iv-change-of-fortune.md)
- [Such Things Are](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-v-such-things-are.md)
- [An Intriguing Teacher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-vi-an-intriguing-teacher.md)
- [VII: Natural Sense of Propriety Inherent in the Female Bosom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-vii-natural-sense-of-propriety-inherent-in-the-female-bosom.md)
- [VIII: Domestic Pleasures Planned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-viii-domestic-pleasures-planned.md)
- [IX: We Know Not What a Day May Bring Forth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-ix-we-know-not-what-a-day-may-bring-forth.md)
- [X: When We Have Excited Curiosity, It Is but an Act of Good Nature to Gratify It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-x-when-we-have-excited-curiosity-it-is-but-an-act-of-good-nature-to-gratify-it.md)
- [XI: Conflict of Love and Duty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xi-conflict-of-love-and-duty.md)
- [XII: “How Thou Art Fall’n!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xii-how-thou-art-fall-n.md)
- [XIII: Cruel Disappointment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xiii-cruel-disappointment.md)
- [XIV: Maternal Sorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xiv-maternal-sorrow.md)
- [XV: Embarkation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xv-embarkation.md)
- [XVI: Necessary Digression](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xvi-necessary-digression.md)
- [A Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-i-xvii-a-wedding.md)
- [XVIII: Reflections](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xviii-reflections.md)
- [XIX: A Mistake Discovered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xix-a-mistake-discovered.md)
- [XX: Virtue—When Most Amiable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xx-virtue-when-most-amiable.md)
- [Another's Woe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxi-another-s-woe.md)
- [XXII: Sorrows of the Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxii-sorrows-of-the-heart.md)
- [XXIII: A Man May Smile, and Smile, and Be a Villain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiii-a-man-may-smile-and-smile-and-be-a-villain.md)
- [Mystery Developed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiv-mystery-developed.md)
- [XXV: Reception of a Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxv-reception-of-a-letter.md)
- [XXVI: What Might Be Expected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxvi-what-might-be-expected.md)
- [XXVII: “Like a Fair Lily”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxvii-like-a-fair-lily.md)
- [XXVIII: A Trifling Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxviii-a-trifling-retrospect.md)
- [XXIX: We Go Forward Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxix-we-go-forward-again.md)
- [XXX: “Friendship a Name”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxx-friendship-a-name.md)
- [Subject Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxi-subject-continued.md)
- [Reasons Why and Wherefore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxii-reasons-why-and-wherefore.md)
- [XXXIII: Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiii-which-people-void-of-feeling-need-not-read.md)
- [Retribution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxiv-retribution.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxxv-conclusion.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/charlotte_temple_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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