“ Her chief works are: The Female Quixote; or the Adventures of Arabella (1752) , a novel; Shakespear illustrated; or the novels and histories on which the plays . . . are founded (1753–1754) , in which she argued that Shakespeare had spoiled the stories he borrowed for his plots by interpolating unnecessary intrigues and incidents; The Life of Harriot Stuart (1751) , a novel; and The Sister, a comedy produced at Covent Garden (18th February 1769) . This last was withdrawn after the first night, after a stormy reception, due, said Goldsmith, to the fact that its author had abused Shakespeare. ”