Works
- Letters written by Mrs Manley (1696)
- The Lost Lover or The Jealous Husband (1696), a comedy
- The Royal Mischief (1696), a tragedy
- Almyna, or the Arabian Vow (1707), a tragedy
- Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of Both Sexes, from the new Atlantis, an island in the Mediterranean (1709), a satire in which great liberties were taken with Whig notables
- Memoirs of Europe towards the Close of the Eighth Century. Written by Eginardus (1710)
- The Adventures of Rivella, or the History of the Author of The New Atalantis (1714)
- Delarivier Manley revising William Painter: The Power of Love in Seven Novels (London: J. Barber/ J. Morphew, 1720).
She also edited Jonathan Swift's Examiner. In her writings she played with classical names and spelling. She was an uninhibited and effective political writer.
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