One of the things I found fascinating about the narratives about Bonny and Read in the General History is the way it plays to specific audience expectations and reactions. Now I'm wondering if anyone has specifically studied it in the context of narrative conventions around "historical fictions" of the 18th century. That is, texts that are overtly fictional (as opposed to overtly claiming to be "true") but presented in the form of a reported narrative or even a first-person account.
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