“ Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. ” ― Rumi
"A comic investigation of city morals and manners develops into a dark critique of women's vulnerability in bourgeois marriage." -- Ros Ballaster, Mansfield College, Oxford University
"This readable edition of Haywood's blockbuster novel is an important addition to our understanding of the history of the English novel." —Paula Backscheider, Auburn University
Published together for the first time, Eliza Haywood's Anti-Pamela and Henry Fielding's An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews are the two most important responses to Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela. Anti-Pamela comments on Richardson's represen
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood's literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. She wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime i
