Regency Romance Classics - Eliza Haywood Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Amatory Fiction of Desire, Scandal, Seduction, and Female Agency in Georgian SocietyBy Eliza Haywood
Length74h 24m
About this audiobook
Regency Romance Classics - Eliza Haywood Collection gathers the work of one of eighteenth-century Britain's most influential writers of passion, intrigue, and social maneuvering. Though marketed through the familiar language of romance, Haywood's fiction belongs to the earlier world of amatory fiction, where desire, secrecy, seduction, and reputation drive plots of remarkable psychological intensity. Her prose is direct yet artful, combining melodramatic incident with sharp observation of gendered power. Eliza Haywood was a prolific novelist, actress, publisher, and periodical writer whose career unfolded in the vibrant literary marketplace of early Georgian London. Writing in an era when women's authorship was often scrutinized, she transformed scandalous narrative conventions into instruments for examining female vulnerability, agency, and intelligence. Her experience in the theatre and print culture helped shape her dramatic pacing, vivid dialogue, and acute sense of public performance. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the origins of romantic fiction, women's literary history, and the cultural politics of love before Austen. Haywood's works remain compelling not merely as curiosities, but as bold, sophisticated explorations of desire and survival.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Literary Classics
Length74 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 18, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26CHAPTER XVIII
2Fantomina (Eliza Haywood)
27CHAPTER XIX
3To the Charming Mrs. Bloomer.
28CHAPTER XX
4To the Lovely Fantomina.
29CHAPTER XXI
5To the All-conquering Beauplaisir.
30CHAPTER XXII
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6To the Obliging and Witty Incognita.
31CHAPTER XXIII
7The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Eliza Haywood)
32VOLUME THE SECOND
8VOLUME THE FIRST
33CHAPTER I
9CHAPTER I
34CHAPTER II
10CHAPTER II
35CHAPTER III
11CHAPTER III
36CHAPTER IV
12CHAPTER IV
37CHAPTER V
13CHAPTER V
38CHAPTER VI
14CHAPTER VI
39CHAPTER VII
15CHAPTER VII
40CHAPTER VIII
16CHAPTER VIII
41CHAPTER IX
17CHAPTER IX
42CHAPTER X
18CHAPTER X
43CHAPTER XI
19CHAPTER XI
44CHAPTER XII
20CHAPTER XII
45CHAPTER XIII
21CHAPTER XIII
46CHAPTER XIV
22CHAPTER XIV
47CHAPTER XV
23CHAPTER XV
48CHAPTER XVI
24CHAPTER XVI
49CHAPTER XVII
25CHAPTER XVII
50CHAPTER XVIII
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