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George Frisbie Whicher
The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood
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PREFACE
G.F.W. URBANA, ILLINOIS.
I. ELIZA HAYWOOD'S LIFE II. SHORT ROMANCES OF PASSION III. THE DUNCAN CAMPBELL PAMPHLETS IV. SECRET HISTORIES AND SCANDAL NOVELS V. THE HEROINE OF "THE DUNCIAD" VI. LETTERS AND ESSAYS VII. LATER FICTION: THE DOMESTIC NOVEL VIII. CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY CHRONOLOGICAL LIST INDEX THE LIFE AND ROMANCES OF MRS. ELIZA HAYWOOD
CHAPTER I
ELIZA HAYWOOD'S LIFE
Act I. The German princes hail Frederick, recently elected Emperor. Count Waldec and Ridolpho, in league with the Archbishop of Metz, conspire against him. Waldec urges his sister Adelaid to marry the gallant Wirtemberg. Sophia, her woman and confidant, also urges her to marry, but Adelaid can only reply, "I charge thee Peace, Nor join such distant Sounds as Joy and Wirtemberg," and during the rest of the act proclaims the anguish inspired by her unrequited passion for Frederick, married three years before to a Saxon princess. Act II. The conspirators plan to kill Frederick. Adelaid reproaches him for abandoning her. He welcomes his imperial consort, Anna, and takes occasion to deliver many magnanimous sentiments. Act III. Adelaid declares that she cannot love Wirtemberg. Waldec excites the impatient lover to jealousy of Frederick. Ridolpho is banished court for murder. Act IV. Frederick is distressed by Wirtemberg's discontent. The Empress, seeking to learn the reason for it, is infected by Wirtemberg's suspicions. Adelaid overhears Ridolpho and Waldec plotting to slay Frederick, but hesitates to accuse her own brother. Wirtemberg reproaches her for her supposed yielding to Frederick, and resolves to leave her forever. Act V. Adelaid, in order to warn him, sends to ask the Emperor to visit her. Waldec intercepts the letter and resolves to murder Frederick in her chamber. Wirtemberg learns that he has been duped and defends the Emperor. Waldec and Ridolpho are killed, though not before they succeed in mortally wounding Frederick, who dies amid tears.
ELIZA HAYWOOD.
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CHAPTER II
SHORT ROMANCES OF PASSION
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