Download or read book The Rash Resolve and Life's Progress written by Carol Stewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition – The Rash Resolve (1724) and Life’s Progress (1748) – show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant.