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A Short Biography of Aphra Behn

Author Name:

Aphra Behn

Born As:

Aphra Behn

Other Names:

Aphra Behn

Born:

10 Jul 1640

Died:

16 Apr 1689




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Poet, dramatist and novelist                          
Selected Works:

Plays:

The Forced Marriage - 1670
The Amorous Prince - 1671
The Dutch Lover - 1673
Abdelazer - 1676
The Town Fop - 1676
The Rover, Part 1 - 1677 and Part 2 - 1681
Sir Patient Fancy - 1678
The Feigned Courtesans - 1679
The Young King - 1679
The False Count - 1681
The Roundheads - 1681
The City Heiress - 1682
Like Father, Like Son - 1682
The Lucky Chance - 1686 with composer John Blow
The Emperor of the Moon - 1687

Posthumously performed:

The Widow Ranter - 1689
The Younger Brother - 1696

Novels:

The Fair Jilt
Agnes de Castro
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister - 1684
Oroonoko - 1688

Short Stories:

The History of the Nun: or, the Fair Vow-Breaker - 1688.                          
MotherElizabeth Denham
Father Bartholomew Johnson                          
First Englishwoman to write Professionally.
The Rover, Part II, 1681.