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Fantomina - ;Or, Love in a Maze (Paperback)
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Fantomina - ;Or, Love in a Maze (Paperback)
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Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze (1725) is a novel by Eliza Haywood.
Blending tragedy and comedy, Haywood revolutionizes the novel by
turning the common trope of the persecuted maiden on its head. A
story of individual autonomy and sexual freedom, Fantomina: Or,
Love in a Maze is considered a prime example of the popular genre
of amatory fiction, which often exposes the imbalance between male
and female desire in a patriarchal society. Fantomina is an
independent woman, a prostitute for whom desire is a powerful tool.
Celia, an innocent country girl, is a young maiden unfamiliar with
the ways of love. Mrs. Bloomer, a widow, knows what it is to love
and to lose. Incognita is a mysterious masked woman who meets with
men in the dead of night. Each of these women is involved sexually
with Beauplaisir, a vain and handsome aristocrat. But they have
something else in common-all four lovers are, in fact, the same
woman, an unnamed narrator whose infatuation with freedom and
innate curiosity lead her on a quest to experience desire in a
multitude of ways. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Eliza Haywood's
Fantomina: Or, Love in a Maze is a classic of English literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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