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Oroonoko (Penguin Classics)
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I can see where this book has historical importance -- it is one of the earliest surviving novels by a female (written in 1678)and it is one of the earliest surviving fiction works to denounce slavery. For those reasons alone, I hope this work continues to survive. I found it amazingly fast-paced.
OROONOKO is the story of a Coromantien (... »
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The Rover and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)
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The text is fabulous. Providing access to an underappreciated female writer is desperately needed. The modernized spelling is wonderfully accessible. But using endnotes rather than footnotes to explain all unusual words, references, etc. is unbelievably frustrating. And not even endnotes after each play - endnotes at the end of the book! I am dizzy f... »
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Rover (Regents Restoration Drama)
Virginia Woolf said that all women together should let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn - for it was she who earned them the right to speak their ... »
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The Secret Life of Aphra Behn
Because of her sensuous writing in the 17th century, wild and wonderful Aphra Behn has been a notorious figure in history. Janet Todd's new biography elab... »
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