Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre, a popular poet and author of the influential novel "Oroonoko". This is a seven-volume set of all her works. Volumes 5,6 and 7 are scheduled for publication in early 1996.
Volume 1 Poetry Volume 2 Love Letters Between a Nobleman and his Sister (1684) Volume 3 The Fair Jilt and Other Stories, A collection of Behn's short fiction increasingly of interest to scholars for its raising of the issues of gender, race and class. Stories included in this volume: The Adventure of the Black Lady, Agnes de Castro, The Dumb Virgin, The Fair Jilt, The History of the Nun, Love Letters, The Lucky Mistake, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The Nun, Oroonoko, The Unfortunate Bride, The Unfortunate Happy Lady, The Wandering Beauty, and The Unhappy Mistake. Volume 4 Seneca Unmask'd, A Discovery of New Worlds, The History of Oracles, La Montre, Lycidus Volume 5 The Plays of Aphra Behn, 1671-7 Aphra Behn's plays are bawdy and propagandist. Populated by rogues, rakes and galavanting women (often parading in men's clothes) they challenge the sexual and political mores of the day. It is therefore remarkable not only that they were written by a woman, but that they were also published and staged in her time. The Forc'd Marriage (1671); The Amorous Prince (1671); The Dutch Lover (1673); Abdelazer (1677) The Town-Fopp (1677); The Debauchee (1677); The Rover (1677) Volume 6 The Plays of Aphra Behn (1677-82): Sir Patient Fancy (1678); The Feign'd Curtizans (1979); The Revenge (attrib. 1680); The Second Part of the Rover (1681); The False Count (1682); The Roundheads (1682) Volume 7 The Plays of Aphra Behn (1682-96): The City-Heiress (1682); The Young King (1683); The Emperor of the Moon (1687); The Luckey Chance (1687); The Widdow Ranter (1690); The Younger Brother (1696)
