The Injur'd Husband and Lasselia
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The Injur'd Husband and Lasselia by Eliza Haywood
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. The heroine of Lasselia is initially a model of virtue who bravely resists the advances of a king, only to be driven by her passion and desire into an illicit affair with a married man and ultimately into ruin. These two provocative narratives strikingly represent Haywood's extraordinary contribution to the development of the novel.
Haywood, Eliza: -
Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was a novelist, bookseller, playwright, editor of periodicals, and occasional actress.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813109619 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813109612 |
| Title | The Injur'd Husband and Lasselia |
| Author | Eliza Haywood |
| Series | Eighteenth-Century Novels By Women Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Year published | 1999-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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