The Fortunate Foundlings (Annotated)

The Fortunate Foundlings (1744) traces the divergent fortunes of Horatio and Louisa, abandoned twins whose uncertain birth exposes them to war, seduction, patronage, and social testing. Haywood blends romance, picaresque adventure, sentimental moral inquiry, and emerging realist detail, moving from domestic interiors to continental campaigns. Written in the formative decades of the English novel, ...