Aphra Behn (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Although Aphra Behn wrote more than a dozen separate pieces of fiction that critics of her day called novels, only a portion may legitimately be labeled as such. Principal among these is her most noted work of fiction, Oroonoko: Or, The History of the Royal Slave (1688); others worthy of consideration are Agnes de Castro (1688), The Fair Jilt: Or, The History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda (1688), The History of the Nun: Or, The Fair Vow-Breaker (1689), and The Nun: Or, The Perjured Beauty (1697). During her lifetime, Behn...
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