{"product_id":"9781551113678","title":"Love in Excess - Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\nEliza Haywood (1693-1756) was one of the most successful writers of her time; indeed, the two most popular English novels in the early eighteenth-century were \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e and Haywood’s first novel, \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e.  As this edition enables modern readers to discover, its enormous success is easy to understand. \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e is a well crafted novel in which the claims of love and ambition are pursued through multiple storylines until the heroine engineers a melodramatic conclusion.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nHaywood’s frankness about female sexuality may explain the later neglect of \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e. (In contrast, her accomplished domestic novel, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless\u003c\/em\u003e, has remained available.) \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception provide a lively and valuable record of the challenge that female desire posed to social decorum.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nFor the second Broadview edition, the appendix of eighteenth-century responses to Haywood has been considerably expanded.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haywood, Eliza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Classics)","offer_id":47352281923808,"sku":"","price":13.35,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1c3ee52a-d915-408e-a6ab-eeac878bfa5e.jpg?v=1746894980","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781551113678","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}