Prose romances preceded the emergence of the novel. Which texts fall under the category of prose romance?
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Correct answer: B. Oroonoko and The Fair Jilt
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Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (1688) and The Fair Jilt (1688) are short prose romances that precede the realist novel. Richardson's Pamela and Clarissa, Fielding's Amelia and Smollett's Ferdinand Count Fathom are eighteenth-century novels.
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