The Coquette, Eliza Wharton has just finished mourning for the death of (or a respectful/decent amount of time has passed) her fiance, a man named Mr. Haly. Eliza didn't "love" Haly, but she respected him since he was her parents' choice to be her husband, and also since (like Eliza's father) Mr. Haly was a minister -- a respectful if not hugely remunerative position. Now that Eliza is ready to enter society again, she doesn't want to get married or even to be romantically involved with a man
At the beginning of the novel, The Coquette, Eliza Wharton has just finished mourning for the death of (or a respectful/decent amount of time has passed) her fiance, a man named Mr. Haly. Eliza didn't "love" Haly, but she respected him since he was her parents' choice to be her husband, and also since (like Eliza's father) Mr. Haly was a minister -- a respectful if not hugely remunerative position. Now that Eliza is ready to enter society again, she doesn't want to get married or even to be romantically involved with a man. Instead, she says she "wishes for no other connection than that of friendship." So what immediately happens? Why can't Eliza get what she wants? According to the logic of the novel (or according to the logic of Eliza's friends), what's wrong with Eliza's desire to experience the world for a while independent of any sort of serious romantic connection?
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