Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. There are times when love is not a revelation and a calling from one soul to another but a carefully navigated path, or maybe a badly chosen path that decimates happiness. Which way will our literary leviathans take us? Inevitably it will be more than one.1 - Love and Choices - Short Stories - An Introduction2 - Eveline by James Joyce3 - The Ice Palace by F Scott Fitzgerald4 - St Johns Eve by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad6 - A Wicked Woman by Jack London7 - The Dream by Mary Shelley8 - The Skylight Room by O Henry9 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill10 - An Awakening by Sherwood Anderson11 - Two Offers by Frances Watkins Harper12 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin13 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman14 - Spurs by Tod Robbins15 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton16 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 1 by Eliza Haywood 17 - Fantomina or, Love in a Maze - Part 2 by Eliza Haywood
'The Fortunate Foundlings' is a picaresque novel from 1744 featuring twins Horatio and Louisa, whose journey in the world differs because of their gender. They were both abandoned in infancy and adopted, but soon leave their carer to go off on their one. Whilst Louisa must fight to preserve her virtue in a man’s world, her brother joins the army. This is an eighteenth century rollercoaster - action packed, passionate, melodramatic, and at times unashamedly sentimental.
A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and Louisa are twins, abandoned in infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor. For various reasons both leave his protection and set off independently: Plucky and determined Louisa must defend her virtue and make her way in a man's world, and her spirited brother seeks his fortune in the army. This energetic narrative gallops from city to court, from battlefield to convent, and across a number of European countries. Written in 1744 (when the novel was just emerging as a form) by actress and prolific author Eliza Haywood, this is an eighteenth century rollercoaster - action packed, passionate, melodramatic, and often unashamedly sentimental. Eliza Haywood, born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood's literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. Described as "prolific even by the standards of a prolific age", Haywood wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood is a significant figure of the 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Today she is studied primarily as a novelist.
