The Rover | The Rover

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Author: Aphara Amis
First Published: 1677
Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
Time of Work: 1642-1660
Setting: Naples and Madrid
Principal Characters: Willmore the Rover, Belvile, Blunt, Don Pedro, Florinda, Hellena, Don Antonio, Angelica Bianca, Lucetta, Beaumond, Nicholas Fetherfool, Ariadne, La Nuche, Shift, Hunt, Don Carlo, Petronella
Genres: Drama, Comedy of manners
Subjects: Sexism, Love or romance, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Virginity or virgins, Manners or customs, Feminism, Seventeenth century, Masks, Morality or morals, Elopement, Dating, Sex roles
Locales: Madrid, Spain, Naples, Italy

Set in Naples during the annual carnival, Part I of The Rover begins with a conversation between two sisters. Hellena’s family plans for her to become a nun, but she is clearly more interested in men than in God. Her sister, Florinda, is in love with the English colonel Belvile, a cavalier, who saved her life during the Siege of Pamplona. Her brother, however, wants her to marry the wealthy Don Antonio, while her father wants her to marry the ancient Don Vincentio. Defying their brother, the two unhappy sisters, disguised, attend the carnival, where they...

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