Love-Letters Between a Noble-Man and his Sister (1684)

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Aphra Behn's Love-Letters Between a Noble-Man and his Sister (1684) became the first part of a three volume roman à clef playing with events of the Monmouth Rebellion and exploring the genre of the epistolary novel.

Links to vols 2 and 3:

• Love Letters From a Noble Man to his Sister, pt. 2 (1685)
• The Amours of Philander and Silvia, pt. 3 (1687)

Contents [hide] 1 Bibliographical Details 1.1 Title Page Transcript 1.2 Description 2 Contents 2.1 Dedication 2.2 The Argument 2.3 Plot 3 Commentary 4 Literature 5 E-text

 

 

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[edit] Title Page Transcript

Love-Letters| Between a| NOBLE-MAN| And his| SISTER.| [rule]| [ornament]| [rule]| LONDON,| Printed, and are to be sold by| Randal Taylor near Stationer’s| Hall. MDCLXXXIV.

 

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p.[i] titlepage/ p.[iii-ixx] "Epistle", i.e. dedication to Thomas Condon, Esq./ p.[xx-xxiv] "The Argument"/ p.1-344 Text/ 12°

 

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[edit] Dedication

 

[edit] The Argument

 

[edit] Plot

 

[edit] Commentary

 

[edit] Literature

Cf. detailed bibliography at The Novel in Europe, 1650-1749

 

[edit] E-text

Aphra Behn, Love-Letters between a Noble-Man and his Sister, pts. 1-3 (1684/ 1685/ 1687).