Lucy Temple is a novel by American author Susanna Rowson.
It was first published posthumously (together with a memoir of the author by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp) in 1828 under the title Charlotte's Daughter, or, The Three Orphans.
It was a sequel to Rowson's extremely popular novel Charlotte Temple.
[1] The plot centers around the three orphans under the charge of the clergyman Mr. Matthews.
Having her plans for marriage thwarted, Lucy then devotes her life to educating children and caring for the poor.