Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn is a three volume roman à clef playing with events of the Monmouth Rebellion and exploring the genre of the epistolary novel. It was originally published as three separate volumes: Love-Letters Between a Noble-Man and his Sister (1684), Love Letters From a Noble Man to his Sister (1685), and The Amours of Philander and Silvia (1687).
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Love-Letters Between A Nobleman And His Sister - Plot Summary - Part III
... Silvia a beautiful young woman, who eloped from her parents with Philander, the husband of her sister married to Philander's servant Brilljard (a sham marriage) became Octavio ... In comparison to the first part of the “Love-Letters” Silvia's character has changed a lot ... Like his sister Calista, he takes holy orders, because he has been disappointed in love ...
... Silvia a beautiful young woman, who eloped from her parents with Philander, the husband of her sister married to Philander's servant Brilljard (a sham marriage) became Octavio ... In comparison to the first part of the “Love-Letters” Silvia's character has changed a lot ... Like his sister Calista, he takes holy orders, because he has been disappointed in love ...
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