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The Secret Life of Aphra Behn, by Janet Todd.
Aphra Behn (1649?-1689), playwright, poet, translator, and Royalist spy, comes dramatically to life in this definitive, 550-page, heavily footnoted biography by Janet Todd, a British professor of literature. Todd provides analysis of Behn's many plays, poems, and perhaps Behn's most enduring work, the novel, Oroonoko,...





