A Woman of No Character : An Autobiography of Mrs. Manley

London England: Faber & Faber ., 1986. Hardback. Delariver Manley was one of the most popular and controversial writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteen centuries. By the time of her death in 1724 her prolific output included 21 books, 6 plays, political satire, highly praised contributions to The Female Tatler and the Examiner, on which Swift made her the editor. Mrs. Maley's pseudonymous autobiography, was intended to be read as fiction and has subsequently been dismissed as over-fanciful and unreliable. It was while engaged in research for her book on Restoration women playwrights, The Female Wits, that the author came across this work and decided to set out to discover the facts about this extraordinary woman. In this book, the author combines Mrs. Maley's own accounts of her life with new discoveries creating a captivating portrait of a woman whose character has eluded both her admirers and her critics, and continues to arouse anger as well as praise. 176 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.