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Aphra Behn

Born

in Canterbury, Kent, England

July 10, 1640

Died

April 16, 1689

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Plays

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Aphra Behn, or Ayfara Behn, of the first professional women authors in English on Britain wrote plays, poetry, and her best known work, the prose fiction Oroonoko (1688).

Aphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the female. Her contributed to the amatory genre of literature. People sometimes refer to Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, and her as part of "the fair triumvirate of wit."

In reckoning of Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, more important total career of Behn produced any particular work. Woolf wrote, "All women together, ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn … for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds." Victoria Mary Sackville-West called Behn "an inhabitant of Gru ...more

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Average rating: 3.13 · 25,696 ratings · 2,221 reviews · 306 distinct works • Similar authors

	Oroonoko by Aphra Behn, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) 3.01 avg rating — 16,870 ratings — published 1688 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rover by Aphra Behn, Simon Trussler (Editor) 3.31 avg rating — 5,033 ratings — published 1681	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oroonoko, The Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.39 avg rating — 844 ratings — published 1688 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oroonoko and Other Writings by Aphra Behn, Paul Salzman (Editor) 3.18 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 1696 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rover and Other Plays by Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer (Editor) 3.55 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History Of The Nun Or The Fair Vow Breaker 3.53 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1688 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fair Jilt Or Tarquin And Miranda 3.17 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1995 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister 3.30 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1684 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Widdow Ranter Or The History Of Bacon In Virginia 2.91 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1690 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lucky Chance 3.03 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1686 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Aphra Behn (?)

“That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.”
― Aphra Behn, The Lucky Chance

tags: library, reading

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“There is no sinner like a young saint.”
― Aphra Behn

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“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”
― Aphra Behn

tags: countries, money, nations

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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445pages

90 votes, 27.2%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages

65 votes, 19.6%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages

53 votes, 16.0%

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages

40 votes, 12.1%

Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 1891, 368 pages

33 votes, 10.0%

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 1857, 418 pages

27 votes, 8.2%

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 1896, 224 pages

23 votes, 6.9%

331 total votes

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