The Injur'd Husband and Lasselia

By Eliza Fowler Haywood

Book Overview

" 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. Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was one of the first women in England to earn a living writing fiction. Her early tales of amorous intrigu

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109612
• ISBN13: 9780813109619
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher