Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by a Celebrated Author of the Country. Now Translated into English [Written in English]

1725 Haywood, Eliza[beth Fowler] (1693?-1756). Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. Written by a Celebrated Author of the Country. Now Translated into English [Written in English]. 2 vols. London: Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. Also in 1 volume. Dublin, Ireland: Printed for R. Gunne and P. Dugan, 1725. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. London: Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1726. Rpt. as Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia. New York: Garland, 1972, with an “Introduction” by Josephine Grieder (5-12). L, PSt

The island adjacent to Utopia is Britain and is a satire directed at people who are mostly identified in a published Key and nothing takes place in Utopia. It is presented primarily through a series of personal stories or anecdotes and presents Britain in dystopian terms. Almost nothing is certain about the female author’s biography. She is known to have lived in Ireland in 1715, but in 1717 and beyond she lived in England.