The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Broadview Literary Texts Series)
"Both scholarly and readable, Christine Blouch's edition of Eliza Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless is a welcome addition to the expanding library of neglected and undervalued women novelists of the early eighteenth century that will contribute to the current re-assessment of Haywood's work." (John Richetti)"Eliza Haywood transforms the familiar tale of the reformed coquette. A comic investigation of city morals and manners develops into a dark critique of women's vulnerability in bourgeois marriage. Christine Blouch's informative edition clarifies the contexts of Haywood's textual, political and personal relations." (Ros Ballaster)"Simply the best edition to date of Haywood's fiction. The text and apparatus are equally impressive." (Alexander Pettit)