The history of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy

Eliza Fowler Haywood

earliest edition we have, 1974 University Press of Kentucky, 2005 412 pages

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"The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, originally published as three volumes in 1753, is the last work by the prolific English novelist Eliza Haywood. Out of print since the early nineteenth century and never available in an edited and fully-annotated modern edition such as this, Haywood's novel is an important early example of the sentimental novel of domestic manners. In its depiction of marriage and courtship am...

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The history of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy edition · 2005 · University Press of Kentucky · 412 pages · 9780813123592
The history of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy. edition · 1974 · Garland Pub.

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