{"product_id":"the-fortunate-foundlings-paperback","title":"The Fortunate Foundlings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliza Haywood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarol Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fortunate Foundlings \u003c\/em\u003ewas one of Eliza Haywood's more successful novels, though it remains one of her lesser known works. Ittells the story of a brother and sister left as babies in the care of a gentleman. Like many another eighteenth-century foundling, the siblings leave their guardian behind and make their own way in the world: Horatio as a soldier and Louisa as a lady's companion, finding love and adventure in the battlefields and courts of Europe. Haywood uses the Continental setting to explore different customs - especially those that might benefit women - and different political choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso published here for the first time is her anonymous pamphlet of 1750, \u003cem\u003eA Letter from H--- G---g, Esq.\u003c\/em\u003e, ostensibly a letter from Charles Edward Stuart's \u003cem\u003eaide-de-camp\u003c\/em\u003e, travelling with him after the prince's expulsion from France. Seemingly a straightforward expression of Jacobite sympathies, it also encodes support for the Patriot cause of the 1740s and '50s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth works were translated and adapted, having an extended afterlife in the writings of Crébillon \u003cem\u003efils\u003c\/em\u003e, Edward Kimber and Robert Louis Stevenson. They add to our expanding sense of the author's range, influence and political agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Kimber's adaptation Crébillon's version, \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Orphans\u003c\/em\u003e, is also available in the MHRA Critical Texts series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48394039754973,"sku":"9781781882672","price":46.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/R-7XssBtUd9781781882672.webp?v=1787159573","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-fortunate-foundlings-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}