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Injurd Husband
Eliza Haywood
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Paperback. Eliza Haywood (1693-1756), was one of the first women in England to earn a living writing fiction. Her early tales of amorous intrigue were popular and controversial. Originally published in 1723, these two narratives represent Haywood's contribution to the development of the novel as a genre. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was one of the first women in England to earn a living writing fiction. Her early tales of amorous intrigue, sometimes based on real people, were exceedingly popular though controversial. Haywood, along with her contemporary Daniel Defoe, did more than any other writer to create a market for fiction in the period just prior to the emergence of Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Tobias Smollett, the dominant novelists of the mid-eighteenth century.
The scheming, sexually predatory anti-heroine of The Injur'd Husband is a memorable villain who defies all expectations of a woman's conduct in marriage. ... Read more
Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was one of the first women in England to earn a living writing fiction. Her early tales of amorous intrigue, sometimes based on real people, were exceedingly popular though controversial. Haywood, along with her contemporary Daniel Defoe, did more than any other writer to create a market for fiction in the period just prior to the emergence of Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Tobias Smollett, the dominant novelists of the mid-eighteenth century.
The scheming, sexually predatory anti-heroine of The Injur'd Husband is a memorable villain who defies all expectations of a woman's conduct in marriage. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Eighteenth-century Novels by Women
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813109619
SKU
V9780813109619
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