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The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
Eliza Haywood
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Description for The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
Paperback. A novel originally published in 1751, in which the heroine is courted by several eligible suitors. However her flirtations alienate the right man and she finds herself struggling with the consequences of marrying the wrong man. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
Prolific even by eighteenth-century standards, Eliza Haywood was the author of more than eighty titles, including short fiction, novels, periodicals, plays, poetry, and a political pamphlet for which she was briefly jailed. From her early successes (most notably Love in Excess) to later novels such as Betsy Thoughtless (her best known work) she remained widely read, yet sneered at as a 'stupid, infamous, scribbling woman' by the likes of Swift and Pope.
Betsy Thoughtless is the story of the slow metamorphosis of the heroine from thoughtless coquette to thoughtful wife. Ironically, the most decisive moment in this development may ... Read more
Prolific even by eighteenth-century standards, Eliza Haywood was the author of more than eighty titles, including short fiction, novels, periodicals, plays, poetry, and a political pamphlet for which she was briefly jailed. From her early successes (most notably Love in Excess) to later novels such as Betsy Thoughtless (her best known work) she remained widely read, yet sneered at as a 'stupid, infamous, scribbling woman' by the likes of Swift and Pope.
Betsy Thoughtless is the story of the slow metamorphosis of the heroine from thoughtless coquette to thoughtful wife. Ironically, the most decisive moment in this development may ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Series
Broadview Editions
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781551111476
SKU
V9781551111476
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About Eliza Haywood
Christine Blouch a professor in the Department of English at Bradley University, Illinois, has written widely on Haywood's life and works.
Reviews for The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
Both scholarly and readable, Christine Blouch's edition of Eliza Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless is a welcome addition to the expanding library of neglected and undervalued women novelists of the early eighteenth century that will contribute to the current re-assessment of Haywood's work." - John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania "Eliza Haywood transforms the familiar tale of the ... Read more