Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues...' Spy, traveller and pioneering female writer Aphra Benn's story of an African prince sold into slavery is considered one of the earliest English novels.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 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 story of a noble slave who loves a princess. Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as the first English woman to earn her living by the pen, Behns achievements as a writer are now acknowledged less equivocally than in the seventeenth century. As well as…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a…