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Aphra Behn was an English novelist, dramatist, and poet born in 1640 in Kent, England.
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, translator and spy during the Restoration era.
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Aphra Behn

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2. Aphra Behn Born : 14 December,1640 Died : 16 April,1689 Occupation : Playwright,Poet, Prose writer, Translator Literary movement : Restoration literature, Restoration Comedy

3. Life & career :- ● As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. ● she came to the notice of Charles II, who employed her as a spy in Antwerp. ● she began writing for the stage. ● Behn wrote under the pastoral pseudonym Astrea.

4. ● She is remembered in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. ● A staunch supporter of the Stuart line, Behn declined an invitation from Bishop Burnet to write a welcoming poem to the new king William III. ● She died shortly after.

5. WORKS :- Publish :1671 Publish : 1673 Publish : (1684-1687)

6. Publish : 1688 Publish : 1688 Publish : 1689

7. The Rover :- ● Written by Aphra Behn. ● Subtitle :- The Banish'd Cavaliers ● Genre :- Restoration comedy ● Play in t

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LIFE AND
WORK

DR KATARZYNA
NOWAK-KOMAR
APHRA BEHN
OVERVIEW

• Introduction

• Historical background

• Biography

• Main works

• Legacy
King Charles II in coronation robes by John Michael Wright
APHRA BEHN
BIOGRAPH

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Aphra Behn

1. By  Prof.R.R.Borse,  Asst.Prof. & Head,  B.P. ARTS, S.M.A.Science & K.K.C.Commerce  College, Chalisgaon  ravindraborse1@gmail.com

3. APHRA BEHN : Birth : 14 december 1640. Born : circa in Kent, England Died ` : 16 April 1689 (48). NATIONALITY : English. Occupation : novelist,dramatist,poet.

4.  Plays: 16 1. The Amorous Prince (1671) 2. The Dutch Lover (1673) 3. Abdelazer (1676) 4. The Town Fop (1676) 5. The Rover, Part 1 (1677) and Part 2 (1681) 6. Sir Patient Fancy (1678) 7. The Feigned Courtesans (1679) 8. The Young King (1679) 9. The False Count (1681) 10. The Roundheads (1681) 11. The City Heiress (1682) 12. The Forc'd Marriage (1670) 13. Like Father, Like Son (1682) 14. Prologue and Epilogue to Romulus and Hersilia, or The Sabine War (November 1682) 15. The Luckey Chance, or an Alderman's Bargain (1686) with composer John Blow 16. The Emperor of the Moon (1687)

5.  The Fair Jilt  Agnes de Castro  Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister, in three parts (1682-1687)  Oroonoko (1688)

6.  Poems upon Several Occas