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The narrative follows Count D’Elmont, a celebrated soldier returned to court whose easy charm attracts many admirers but masks an even, noncommittal temper that frustrates would-be lovers. A proud heiress named Alovisa becomes obsessively attached, alternating between jealousy and cunning as she plots to elicit proof of his passion. Interwoven episodes of balls, billets, letters, and domestic encounters expose schemes, misunderstandings, and social posturing, while other romantic entanglements and tests of fidelity reveal pressures of reputation and female agency. The plot advances through rivalries, deceptions, and escalating consequences across three parts, examining how excess of desire and artifice shape personal ruin and reconciliation.

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Title: Love in Excess; or, the Fatal Enquiry

Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood

Release date: March 12, 2022 [eBook #67612]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: D. Browne jun, 1722

Credits: Fay Dunn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LOVE IN EXCESS; OR, THE FATAL ENQUIRY ***

E. Kirkall fec.

LOVE in Excess;
or the
Fatal Enquiry,
a

NOVEL.

In Three PARTS.

By Mrs. HAYWOOD.

----In vain from Fate we fly,
For first or last, as all must die,
So ’tis as much decreed above,
That first or last, we all must Love.
Lansdown.

The Fourth Edition Corrected.

LONDON:
Printed for D. Browne jun. at the Black Swan without Temple Bar. Mdccxxii.