{"product_id":"love-in-excess-second-edition","title":"Love in Excess - Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFor the second Broadview edition, the appendix of eighteenth-century responses to Haywood has been considerably expanded.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233399640413,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551113678.jpg?v=1792202573","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/love-in-excess-second-edition","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}