The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy

The author of over eighty novels plays and volumes of poetry Eliza Haywoodis one of the most prolific and highprofile female authors of the eighteenthcentury. H... » 

The author of over eighty novels plays and volumes of poetry Eliza Haywoodis one of the most prolific and highprofile female authors of the eighteenthcentury. Her last novel The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy is originalfor its unsentimental realism in its depiction of marriage and courtship amongthe leisure classes of the mideighteenth century. In his new introductioneditor John Richetti examines how Haywoods amusing and engaging prose exploresthe subtleties of eighteenthcentury courtship. Out of print since the earlynineteenth century The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy is now available inan edited and fully annotated modern edition. «