<Li> Boyer vs. Sanford </Li> <P> Both vie for Eliza's attention . While Boyer and Sanford represent two different images, Eliza cannot commit herself to one man . Boyer considers Sanford an immoral person, while Sanford sees Boyer as a mere obstacle in his pursuit of Eliza . Their conflicts are expressed via the letters they each write to their confidants, Selby and Deighton . </P> <P> The story is about Eliza Wharton, the daughter of a clergyman . At the beginning of the novel she has just been released from an unwanted marriage by the death of her betrothed, the Rev. Haly, also a clergyman, whom Eliza nursed during his final days in her own home . After this experience, she decides she wants friendship and independence . After a short period of time living with friends, she is courted by two men . One, Boyer, is a respected but rather boring clergyman, whom all of her friends and her mother recommend she accept in marriage . The other, Sanford, is an aristocratic libertine, who has no intention to marry but determines not to let another man have Eliza . Because of her indecision and her apparent preference for the libertine Sanford, Boyer eventually gives up on her, deciding that she will not make a suitable wife . Sanford also disappears from her life and marries another woman, Nancy, for her fortune . Eliza eventually decides that she really loved Boyer and wants him back . Unfortunately for Eliza, Boyer has already decided to marry Maria Selby, a relation of Boyer's friend . Sanford later reappears married, but is able to seduce the depressed Eliza . They have a hidden affair for some time until, overcome by guilt and unwilling to face her family and friends, Eliza arranges to escape from her home . Like the real - life Elizabeth Whitman, she dies due to childbirth complications and is buried by strangers . Mrs. Wharton (Eliza's mother) and all of Eliza's friends are deeply saddened by her death . Sanford, too, is devastated by her death . In a letter to his friend, Charles Deighton, he expresses his regret at his wretched behavior . </P> <P> Written in epistolary form, this novel allows the reader to directly engage with the events central to the plot by entering the minds of the characters . The letters serve as windows into the thoughts of the writers, creating an intimate connection . The reader also benefits from an unbiased perspective, since it is the culmination of different character's input that creates the story . The epistolary form is also an intriguing way to captivate an audience . Reading letters addressed to others has a feeling akin to eavesdropping; it exposes thoughts otherwise not publicly known . </P>

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