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After learning how to fight at a young age, Oroonoko, an African prince, fights alongside his army against invading forces. When a celebrated general saves Oroonoko's life, trading his own to take an arrow for Oroonoko, the young prince feels indebted
'I value fame almost as much as if I had been born a hero'. (Preface to The Lucky Chance). Aphra Behn (1640-89) achieved both fame and notoriety in her own time, enjoying considerable success for her plays and for her short novel Oroonoko, the sto
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn. Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister is an anonymously published three-volume roman
The editor supplies explanatory annotations and textual notes. "Historical Backgrounds" is an especially rich collection of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century documents about colonizers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged-"Monta
Delve into the scandalous world of 17th-century nobility with Aphra Behn's "Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister," a captivating epistolary novel that unfolds entirely through the exchange of letters. This enduring work of English