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This collects two of Haywood's "amatory" novels: in "The Injur'd Husband" (1722), a rich libertine baroness plots to seduce an innocent young gentleman. In "Lasselia" (1723), a meek and chaste woman falls instantly and madly in love with a married man when - IANMTU - he nosebleeds on her. These are precursors to modern romance novels, but they feel like sex comedies from another planet and I think I'm in love with Eliza Haywood
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