“Oh! how difficult it is to make a woman condescend to enter into a breach of decorum, and how easy to make her go all lengths when she has once been prevailed upon to step over the first bounds of it.”

About Eliza Haywood

Author • English

Eliza Haywood was a prolific and influential English writer, actress, and publisher during the early 18th century. She is considered one of the founders of the novel in English, contributing significantly to its...