The Fair Jilt

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The Fair Jilt is a 1688 novella by Aphra Behn that blends romance, intrigue, and crime in a sensational tale of deception and attempted murder set in a Flemish court.

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instanceOf literary work
novella
author Aphra Behn NERFINISHED
centuryOfPublication 17th century
countryOfOrigin England
genre court intrigue
crime fiction
novella
romance fiction
hasForm short prose narrative
literaryMovement early English novel tradition
literaryPeriod Restoration literature
mainCharacter Franciscan friar
Miranda NERFINISHED
Prince Tarquin NERFINISHED
narrativeForm prose fiction
narrativePerspective first-person narration
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1688
publisher London publisher (1688)
settingLocation Flanders NERFINISHED
a Flemish court
theme attempted murder
betrayal
deception
female agency
romantic intrigue
sensationalism

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Aphra Behn notableWork The Fair Jilt