Life's Progress Through the Passions; Or, the Adventures of Natura

Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. 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 long 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Today she is studied primarily as a novelist.