Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758-1840) was an American novelist. Born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or The History of Eliza Wharton was published anonymously in 1797. Though it topped the American best-seller lists of the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page. In 1798 she published the The Boarding School, a commentary on female education in the United States.
Coquette (1929)
