Aphra Behn: 48 books

Oroonoko is a short novel by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), published in 1688, concerning the love of its hero, an enslaved African in Surinam in the 1660s, and the author's own experiences in the new South American colony. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Aphra Behn's The Fair Jilt Or The Amours of Prince Tarquin and Miranda (1688) is the story of a charming daring and determined lady who contemplates even murder to attain her love. It is all in vain however and her love transforms later into aggressive hatred.

Aphra Behn was one of the first professional English female writers and Oroonoko was one of her earliest works. It is the love story between Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, and the daughter of that king's general. The king takes the girl into his harem, and when she plans to escape with...

"Oroonoko" by Aphra Behn is an important work of western literature. Published in 1688, it follows the tragic love story of Oroonoko and Imoinda, two Coromantin lovers. The two young people fall deeply in love with each other and are secretly married. Yet the king also loves Imoinda, and commands that...

Aphra Behn [Aphara] was a British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era. 

Aphra Behn was a British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. She wrote under the pastoral...

Classic Plays by Women: an anthology of the best plays by female dramatists from 1600-2000 Staged in theatres by successive generations and proving relevant to contemporary audiences, the plays demonstrate the wit, theatrical skill and innovation of their creators in exploring timeless topics...

The first prominent female writer working in English, author Aphra Behn lived a fascinating life, spending time as a spy for the U.K. before turning her attention to literary pursuits. This novel tells the tale of a young woman who is seduced by her loutish brother-in-law and then goes to extreme lengths to secure their unholy union.

Women and Sexuality is the fourth volume in the Sexuality series.  The works included in this volume focus on sexual and related advice to women who are either already in, or are preparing for, marital relationships, as seen by a number of women authors throughout a long historical time period. ...

In 1663 Aphra visited an English sugar-plantation near the Surinam river, where, according to her, she had a long talk with a black-skinned noble-born slave, whose story eventually became a basis for her novel Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave. The main character of this work, that developed a gallant...

The Emperor of the Moon is a Restoration farce based on Italian commedia dell'arte. It was Behn's second most successful play, possibly due to the lightness of the plot and its accompanying musical and spectacular entertainment.

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography,...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat...

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of thousands memoirs & life stories of former slaves. "The Faces Behind the Chains" strongly conveys the circumstances and brutal reality of a slave's life to a reader. This unique collection consists of the most influential...