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          5. This being a time of introductions—to this blog, this course, the workings and wiles of the 18th Century—I thought I might begin by considering Behn’s dedicatory epistle to Lord Richard Maitland. A bit of reading on the 18th-century publishing industry had me thinking on the various sections of a book (that is, any physical book), of the material that might be encountered before reaching the actual story.

          Indeed, a reader’s eyes (and judgment) may well be first drawn to this additional material, this supplement to the novella that may compose an integral part of the book and even inform the story itself.

          Behn certainly seems to anticipate critical eyes cast over her dedication, as suggested by the opening line: “[T]he world is grown so Nice and Critical upon Dedications, and will Needs be judging the Book, by the Wit of the Patron […] ” (5).

          Not only is Behn aware that readers may p