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xxii, 116 pages ; 22 cm, Jaffeir, a noble but impoverished Venetian, has secretly married Belvidera, the daughter of a proud senator named Priuli, who has cut off her inheritance. Jaffeir's friend Pierre, a foreign soldier, stokes Jaffeir's resentment and entices him into a plot against the Senate of Venice. Pierre's own reasons for plotting against the Senate revolve around another senator (the corrupt, foolish Antonio) paying for relations with Pierre's mistress, Aquilina. Despite Pierre's complaints, the Senate does nothing about it, explaining that Antonio has senatorial privilege. Pierre introduces Jaffeir to the conspirators, led by bloodthirsty Renault. To get their trust, Jaffeir must put Belvidera in Renault's care as a hostage. That night, Renault attempts to rape Belvidera, but she escapes to Jaffeir. Jaffeir then tells Belvidera about the plot against the Senate. She devises a plan of her own: Jaffeir will reveal the conspiracy to the Senate and claim the lives of the conspirators as his reward. (Jaffeir would then choose to pardon some or all of the conspirators, notably his friend Pierre.) Jaffeir follows Belvidera's plan, but the Senate breaks its word and condemns a

Author

Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685, Kelsall, M. M. (Malcolm Miles), 1938-

Publisher

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780713154702

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.04 / 5 (71 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14