Aphra Behn

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The first English woman to earn her living by her writing, the Restoration author Aphra Behn broke cultural barriers, serving as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. This comprehensive eBook presents Behn’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Behn’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* All 16 plays, with individual contents tables
* Includes Behn’s pioneering novels
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Restoration texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes Behn’s poetry – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works
* Features two biographies – discover Behn’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Plays
THE FORC’D MARRIAGE
THE AMOROUS PRINCE
THE DUTCH LOVER
ABDELAZER
THE TOWN FOP
THE ROVER, PART 1 AND PART 2
SIR PATIENT FANCY
THE FEIGNED COURTESANS
THE YOUNG KING
THE FALSE COUNT
THE ROUNDHEADS
THE CITY HEIRESS
THE LUCKY CHANCE
THE WIDOW RANTER
THE YOUNGER BROTHER
THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON

The Fiction
THE FAIR JILT
AGNES DE CASTRO
LOVE-LETTERS BETWEEN A NOBLEMAN AND HIS SISTER
OROONOKO
MISCELLANEOUS FICTIONAL WORKS

The Poetry
THE POETRY OF APHRA BEHN

The Biographies
MEMOIR OF MRS. BEHN by Montague Summers
AFRA BEHN by Edmund Gosse