The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. 1 The personal history of Aphra Behn, the first Englishwoman to earn her livelihood by author ship, is unusually interesting but very difiicult to unravel and relate. In dealing with her biography iters at different periods have rushed headlong extremes, and we now find that the pendulum swung to its fullest stretch. On the one hand, have prefixed to a collection of the Histories Novels, published in 1696, 'the Life of Mrs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







The Works Of Aphra Behn (Volume V)


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This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!




The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn, Vol. 4 of 6


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Excerpt from The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn, Vol. 4 of 6: With Life and Memoirs The Lady Fancy, Young Wife to Sir} Patient, The Lady K nowell, an afi'eaed learned 713mm, Mother to Lodwick and I/a Mrs. Gwin. Be a, Daughter to the L. Knowell, Mrs. Price. 1 abella, Daughter to Sir Patient Fancy, Mrs. Betterton. Anny, a Child of {even Years old, Daughter to Sir Patient Fancy. Maundy, the Lady Fancy's Woman, Mrs. Gibbs. Betty, Waiting-woman to I/abella. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn


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Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important translations from French libertine and scientific works. This Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker.













Works of Aphra Behn


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The Rover


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The magic of Naples during Carnival inspires love between a disparate group of local citizens and visiting Englishmen.