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"Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a bold, salacious, and pioneering individual. If Frances Burney made women writers respectable, it was Aphra Behn who put them on the map." Kate O'Connor http://writersinspire.org/content/aphra-behn Aphra Behn, English Drama, Baroque Jewelry, Ages And Stages, 17th Century Fashion, Baroque Period, Amber Tree, Tatty Devine, Women Writers

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Website for the Restoration woman writer, author of Oroonoko. Biography, Works, Essays and Web Resources.

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Aphra Behn was an eccentric, wise woman who was well ahead of her times of 17th Century England. She had quite a sumptuous career before she started writing: she was a spy for England but when King Charles II didn’t...

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Aphra Behn (née Johnson) by Robert White, after John Riley line engraving, published 1716 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Aphra Behn, Learning To Forgive, Emotion Expression, Margaret Beaufort, Mary Robinson, Three Witches, British Literature, Female Leaders

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The grave of Aphra Behn in the East Cloister of Westminister Abbey... “All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” ― Virginia Woolf Aphra Behn, Famous Women In History, Most Famous Poems, Graveyard Art, John Dryden, Female Saints, Constructive Feedback, Classic Poems, Famous Graves

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Aphra Behn's play, "The Rover". Although she is most popular for her dramas, she is also known as a poet AND the first professional female novelist in English. Yas. Aphra Behn, Alphabet Writing, Hand Lettering Alphabet, John Donne, King James Bible, Room Posters, Lettering Alphabet, Hand Lettering, Writers

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Aphra Behn's play, "The Rover". Although she is most popular for her dramas, she is also known as a poet AND the first professional female novelist in English. Yas.

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Aphra Behn (1640–1689) was a pioneer in many respects. Because of her family circumstances and her husband’s early death, she was obliged to support herself as a writer – the first woman to do so. …

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The Rover, or, The Banish’d Cavaliers is the most popular play by the Restoration playwright – and spy – Aphra Behn, first performed in 1677. Although Behn’s work as a spy for Charles II came to an end when he cut off her income, she was a stout Royalist, and ‘the banish’d cavaliers’ refers to the period when Charles’ court was living in exile on the Continent. Aphra Behn, English Gentleman, Charles Ii, Gender Studies, The Theatre, April 29, Independent Publishing, Classic Books, Cheap Books Online

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The Rover, or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

The Rover, or, The Banish’d Cavaliers is the most popular play by the Restoration playwright – and spy – Aphra Behn, first performed in 1677. Although Behn’s work as a spy for Charles II came to an end when he cut off her income, she was a stout Royalist, and ‘the banish’d cavaliers’ refers to the period when Charles’ court was living in exile on the Continent.

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