Well, Fletcher's sequel to The Taming of the Shrew was The Tamer Tam'd. Robert Henryson's sequel to Troilus and Criseyde was The Testament of Crisseid.
Richardson apparently did a couple of Pamela sequels called things like Pamela's Conduct in High Life, but they failed (though it's hard to imagine that they were more boring than the original). Twain similarly did Tom Sawyer, Detective.
So maybe a reference to the main character in question was the way if you weren't going to do a straight-up Part 1 and Part 2? Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Tom Brown at Oxford, and The House at Pooh Corner could also be evidence for this.
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Richardson apparently did a couple of Pamela sequels called things like Pamela's Conduct in High Life, but they failed (though it's hard to imagine that they were more boring than the original). Twain similarly did Tom Sawyer, Detective.
So maybe a reference to the main character in question was the way if you weren't going to do a straight-up Part 1 and Part 2? Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Tom Brown at Oxford, and The House at Pooh Corner could also be evidence for this.