The distress'd orphan; or, Love in a mad-house. Shewing, that she was left with a great fortune, to the care of an uncle, who would have married her contrary to her inclination, to his own son, and on her refusal to comply, and having fix'd her heart on Honorio, she was sent to a mad-house, where she continued till her faithful lover sham'd himself mad, and by that means obtained her liberty. Interspersed with a great many entertaining letters. Written by herself, after her happy union with Honorio.
- Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.
- Date:
- [ca. 1785?]
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Also known as
Distressed orphan
Love in a mad-house
Publication/Creation
London : printed by T. Sabine, at the London and Middlesex Printing Office, (No. 81,) Shoe-lane, Holborn, [ca. 1785?]
Physical description
60 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 80.
References note
ESTC T226495
Spedding, P. Bibliography of Eliza Haywood, Ab.30.6