Eugenia's next letter (planned to appear as the second monthly number, with its own title-page) focuses on the recent death of Lord Abergavenny
. Fifteen years earlier this man caught his wife
in adultery, threw...
Dedications
Eliza Haywood
EH
published the first part of her novel Philidore and Placentia; or, L'Amour Trop Delicat, dedicated to Lady Abergavenny
; the second part followed later in the year.
Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto.
289-91
Whicher, George Frisbie. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Columbia University Press.
194
Timeline
December 1729: Lady Abergavenny died in childbirth, having...
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December 1729
Lady Abergavenny
died in childbirth, having been literally turned out while heavily pregnant by her husband, on grounds of her adultery.
Valentine's Day 1732: Henry Fielding's The Modern Husband opened;...
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Valentine's Day 1732
Henry Fielding
's The Modern Husband opened; it was published the same month.