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Title: The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume V

Author: Aphra Behn

Editor: Montague Summers

Release date: August 30, 2009 [eBook #29854]

Language: English

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Contents (as printed)
Transcriber’s Notes
Full Contents

 

THE WORKS

OF

APHRA BEHN

Edited by
MONTAGUE SUMMERS

 

VOL. V
The Black Lady — The King of Bantam
The Unfortunate Happy Lady — The Fair Jilt
Oroonoko — Agnes de Castro
The History of the Nun — The Nun
The Lucky Mistake — The Unfortunate Bride
The Dumb Virgin — The Wandering Beauty
The Unhappy Mistake

 

publisher’s device: W H and windmill

 

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
STRATFORD-ON-AVON:   A.  H.  BULLEN
MCMXV

CONTENTS.

PAGE

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLACK LADY

 1

THE COURT OF THE KING OF BANTAM

 11

THE UNFORTUNATE HAPPY LADY: A TRUE HISTORY

 35

THE FAIR JILT

 67

OROONOKO; OR, THE ROYAL SLAVE

 125

AGNES DE CASTRO

 209

THE HISTORY OF THE NUN; OR, THE FAIR VOW-BREAKER

 257

THE NUN; OR, THE PERJUR’D BEAUTY

 325

THE LUCKY MISTAKE

 349

THE UNFORTUNATE BRIDE; OR, THE BLIND LADY A BEAUTY

 399

THE DUMB VIRGIN; OR, THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION

 415

THE WANDERING BEAUTY

 445

THE UNHAPPY MISTAKE; OR, THE IMPIOUS VOW PUNISH’D

 469

APPENDIX

 507

NOTES

 513