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108 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1772
The author did not mean it this way, but as it is, it's a beguiling love story. Very original. Very appropriate for reading in autumn (not scary, but with supernatural occurences).

The author seems to think that a man, whose head is turned with love, deserves much pity. But that when a pretty woman is in love with him, caresses him, besieges him and determines to seduce him, it is all over with him—it is the Devil. (ix)Nevertheless, the preface concludes that “the Devil is very malign, and not always as ugly as they say he is” (x).