The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy

by Eliza Haywood

Overview

The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, originally published as three volumes in 1753, is the last work by the prolific English novelist Eliza Haywood. Out of print since the early nineteenth century and never available in an edited and fully-annotated modern edition such as this, Haywood's novel is an important early example of the sentimental novel of domestic manners. In its depiction of marriage and courtship among the leisure class of the mid-eighteenth century, Haywood's novel is remarkable for its unsentimental realism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813123592
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	12/09/2005
Series:	Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women , #9
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

A welcome addition to 18th-century surveys as well as courses on the development of the British novel.

Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer

Energetic and sound, Richetti's introduction is clearly written, critically relevant, and eminently useful.

University of Virginia Cynthia Wall

This edition offers the first edited and annotated version of Haywood's 1753 History, originally released in three volumes. For heavy English lit collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Provides a short but helpful introduction to Haywood's overall work and to the current volume along with editorial notes and selected bibliography.... Recommended.

Choice

"A welcome addition to 18th-century surveys as well as courses on the development of the British novel." — Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer

"Provides a short but helpful introduction to Haywood's overall work and to the current volume along with editorial notes and selected bibliography.... Recommended." — Choice

"Energetic and sound, Richetti's introduction is clearly written, critically relevant, and eminently useful." — Cynthia Wall, University of Virginia

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