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Works of Aphra Behn. Oroonoko or the Royal Slave, The Rover, The City Heiress and Love Letters Between a Nobleman and his Sister (mobi)

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Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Table of Contents The City HeiressLove-Letters Between a Nobleman and His SisterOroonoko or the Royal SlaveThe Rover or, the Banish'd Cavaliers. Part 1 and Part 2 Appendix:Aphra Behn Biography
Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Table of Contents The City HeiressLove-Letters Between a Nobleman and His SisterOroonoko or the Royal SlaveThe Rover or, the Banish'd Cavaliers. Part 1 and Part 2 Appendix:Aphra Behn Biography
Oroonoko



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Oroonoko is a short novel by Aphra Behn (June 10, 1640 - April 16, 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. It is generally claimed (most famously by Virginia Woolf) that Aphra Behn was the first professional female author in English, living entirely by her own earnings. While this is not entirely true, Behn was the first professional female dramatist, as well as one of the first English novelists, male or female. The novel concerns Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, who falls in love with Imoinda, the daughter of that king's top general. Oroonoko is now the most studied of Aphra Behn's novels.
Oroonoko is a short novel by Aphra Behn (June 10, 1640 - April 16, 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. It is generally claimed (most famously by Virginia Woolf) that Aphra Behn was the first professional female author in English, living entirely by her own earnings. While this is not entirely true, Behn was the first professional female dramatist, as well as one of the first English novelists, male or female. The novel concerns Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, who falls in love with Imoinda, the daughter of that king's top general. Oroonoko is now the most studied of Aphra Behn's novels.
Oroonoko (Penguin Classics)

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When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko reflects the author’s romantic views of native peoples as being in “the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin.” The novel also reveals Behn’s ambiguous attitude toward slavery: while she favored it as a means to strengthen England’s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II

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Oroonoko, The Rover, and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

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When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn's visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author's romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples 'in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin'. The novel also reveals Behn's ambiguous attitude to African slavery - while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England's power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I

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The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Aphra Behn is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Aphra Behn then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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Me and my mentor - Times Online
Me and my mentor - Times Online Times OnlineMe and my mentorWe chose The Rover by Aphra Behn, because it's a play by the first female playwright to have made a living from her writing, but also because Southwark is perfect for staging it. It's a Restoration comedy and is about English gentlemen fleeing

Littérature et esclavage (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles) - Fabula
Littérature et esclavage (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)D'autre part, il faut aussi poser la question du « genre » (gender) : le fait qu'un certain nombre de récits relatifs à l'esclavage soient écrits par des femmes (Aphra Behn, Olympe de Gouges, Germaine de Staël, la duchesse de Duras,