Author: Eliza Haywood
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770481419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657

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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 be when Betsy decides to leave her emotionally abusive and financially punishing husband; it is only after experiencing independence that she returns to her marriage and to what becomes her husbands deathbed. Betsy Thoughtless may be the first real novel of female development in English. In this edition the text is accompanied by appendices, including writings from the period that shed light on Haywood’s life and work, and on her relationship with contemporaries such as Henry Fielding.

Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Author: Miss Betsy THOUGHTLESS
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Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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Author: Eliza Haywood
Publisher: Mint Editions
ISBN: 9781513291574
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751) is a novel by Eliza Haywood. Blending tragedy and comedy, Haywood explores the intersection of ambition, family, and desire to reveal how women so often fall victim to the whims of men. The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless has been recognized as one of the first novels in English literature to depict the development of an independent heroine, as well as to move away from the more popular genre of amatory fiction toward the marriage plot. Widely read in the eighteenth century, Haywood influenced such authors as Fanny Burney and Jane Austen. Having completed her education at an all-girls boarding school, Betsy Thoughtless moves to the city of London. For the first time, she finds herself thrust into the orbit of young and marriageable men, whose attention and affections she craves, though remains cautious to reciprocate. Betsy knows the dangers inherent to sexual impropriety--pregnancy out of wedlock would all but guarantee her a life of poverty and misfortune, not to mention the shame it would bring to her aristocratic family. Despite these pressures, Betsy finds a way to enjoy single life while learning to recognize the signs of deceitful, unworthy men. When marriage does come, she soon realizes the institution is far from perfect. Unhappy, she grows as a person and looks for a way to regain her former independence. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Eliza Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
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Languages : en
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Author: Eliza Haywood
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Eliza Haywood knew that women were just as tempted as men were to live. In this novel Eliza Haywood explores and writes about the woman's desire, sex, unwanted pregnancy and adultery in 18th century society. Betsy, the protagonist of the story, at first listens with astonishment as her friend describes being seduced and how "being seduced" is fun, but later she herself worries that if she lets her love escort her home, she won't be able to contain her desire for him.

Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Eliza Haywood
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Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
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Languages : en
Pages : 314

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