Eliza Haywood was one of the most prolific writers of early Georgian England, a maker of short romances of passion, secret histories and scandal novels, a target of Pope’s Dunciad, and later a pioneer of the domestic novel. George Frisbie Whicher’s 1915 study traces her obscure life and works through her pamphlets, periodical essays and fiction, with a full bibliography.
A foundational study for anyone interested in early women novelists and the literary underworld of Grub Street. Download the free EPUB.