Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)

Book excerpt: The first English woman to earn her living by her writing, the Restoration author Aphra Behn broke cultural barriers, serving as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. This comprehensive eBook presents Behn’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Behn’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 16 plays, with individual contents tables * Includes Behn’s pioneering novels * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Restoration texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Behn’s poetry - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works * Features two biographies - discover Behn’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Plays THE FORC’D MARRIAGE THE AMOROUS PRINCE THE DUTCH LOVER ABDELAZER THE TOWN FOP THE ROVER, PART 1 AND PART 2 SIR PATIENT FANCY THE FEIGNED COURTESANS THE YOUNG KING THE FALSE COUNT THE ROUNDHEADS THE CITY HEIRESS THE LUCKY CHANCE THE WIDOW RANTER THE YOUNGER BROTHER THE EMPEROR OF THE MOON The Fiction THE FAIR JILT AGNES DE CASTRO LOVE-LETTERS BETWEEN A NOBLEMAN AND HIS SISTER OROONOKO MISCELLANEOUS FICTIONAL WORKS The Poetry THE POETRY OF APHRA BEHN The Biographies MEMOIR OF MRS. BEHN by Montague Summers AFRA BEHN by Edmund Gosse Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks