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['New York: Burgess & Stringer, 1843.\nPhiladelphia : G.B. Zieber & Co, 1845?\n\nOpie does not seem to be mentioned as the original author.\n\nMotto: "A breath--a whisper--doubts--suspicion--shame--and shuddering virtue wept o\'er Agnes\' name!"\n\nAdvertisement (at least in Philadelphia edition):\n"At a time when the question of adopting severe laws against the crime of seduction is agitated [...] the Tale [...] will be found to present suggestions of peculiar force and moment."\n\nMeant as an argument/example in the discussion surrounding new laws against the crime of seduction, following "the deplorable instances which have publicly transpired in Philadelphia and New-York during the past year".\n\n\nRe-edition of Opie\'s Father and Daughter (1st edition), with alterations:\n- passages omitted\n- division into chapters, each introduced by a quote\n- 2 columns, 54 pages']
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