Fatal Errors; or Poor Mary-Anne. A Tale of the Last Century

This modern critical edition contributes both to our knowledge of 18th Century radical writers and thinkers, and to our understanding of the trajectory of women's fiction and the Jacobin novel.

Timothy Whelan is Professor of English, Georgia Southern University, USA Felicity James is Associate Professor in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Literature, University of Leicester, UK

Chronology Introduction Bibliography Note on the Text Text: Fatal Errors; or Poor Mary-Anne (1819) Appendices A. Elizabeth Hays's Contributions to Mary Hays's Letters and Essays, Moral, and Miscellaneous (1793) 1. No. X. Cleora, or the Misery attending Unsuitable Connections. 2. No. XI. Josepha, or the Pernicious Effects of Early Indulgence. B. Selections from Elizabeth Hays Lanfear's Letters to Young Ladies on Their Entrance into the World; to which are added Sketches from Real Life (1824) 1. INTRODUCTORY LETTER. 2. LETTER II. On the Motives for Female Improvement. 2. LETTER III. On the Motives for Female Improvement (continued). 3. LETTER VII. On the Single Life. 4. SKETCH I. Louisa the Indulged. C. Letters of Elizabeth Hays Lanfear 1. Elizabeth Hays, Gainsford Street, to Mary Hays, 30 Kirby Street, Wednesday morning, undated [c. January 1796]. 2. Elizabeth Hays, Chelmsford, Essex, to Mary Hays, 22 Hatton Street, Holborn, 4 February 1801. 3. Elizabeth Hays, Ingatestone, Essex, to Mary Hays, 9 St. George's Place, Camberwell, 14 August 1803. Notes