Oroonoko
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Oroonoko is a short novel by Aphra Behn (June 10 1640 – April 16 1689), published in 1688, concerning the tragic love of its hero, an enslaved Africa in Surinam in the 1660s, and the author's own experiences in the new South America colony. It is generally claimed (most famously by Virginia Woolf) that Aphra Behn was the first professional female author in English, living entirely by her own earnings. While this is not entirely true, Behn was the first professional female dramatist, as well as...
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