ABSTRACT
362‘The Unfortunate Happy Lady’ may have been printed in 1698 and first published in 1700 with ‘The Unfortunate Bride’ and ‘The Dumb Virgin’. In the binder’s instructions for the dedication of the story, the title is given as ‘The Unhappy Fortunate Lady’. It was dedicated by Samuel Briscoe to Edward Cook. With ‘The Unfortunate Bride’ this story may have been intended originally as part of a ‘Second Volume’ of Behn’s All the Histories and Novels which was published in 1698.
