{"product_id":"9781551111476","title":"The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless","description":"\u003cp\u003eProlific 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 \u003cb\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/b\u003e) to later novels such as \u003cb\u003eBetsy Thoughtless\u003c\/b\u003e (her best known work) she remained widely read, yet sneered at as a ‘stupid, infamous, scribbling woman’ by the likes of Swift and Pope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetsy Thoughtless\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cb\u003eBetsy Thoughtless\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050437787888,"sku":"9781551111476","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551111476_p0.jpg?v=1763751755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551111476","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}