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The Rover by Aphra Behn

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Author Biography

Name: Aphra Behn
Variant Name: Aphra Amis, Aphra Johnson, Ayfara, Aphara, Afray, Astrea
Birth Date: c. 1640
Death Date: April 16, 1689
Place of Birth: Harbledown, Kent, England
Place of Death: England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Aphra Behn
7196 words, approx. 24 pages
Aphra Behn was one of the best and most successful comic writers in a great age of English comedy. If her plays are less polished than those of George Etherege and William Wycherley, it must be remembered that, unlike them, she had to support herself: sh...
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Biography of Aphra Behn
6023 words, approx. 20.1 pages
All women writers, observed Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own (1928), "ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds." The prolific Behn was the first professional female writer i...
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Biography of Aphra Behn
4272 words, approx. 14.2 pages
Aphra Behn, one of the most influential dramatists of the late seventeenth century, was also a celebrated poet and novelist. Her contemporary reputation was founded primarily on her "scandalous" plays, which she claimed would not have been criticized for...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Rover Information
3,338 words, approx. 11 pages
The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers is a play in two parts written by the English author Aphra Behn. It was a very popular Restoration comedy. Behn had famously worked as a spy for Charles II against the Dutch. However, Charles was slow to pay her for...


News and Journals
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
Rovers refusing to play Ball.
01/27/2005: 467 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: ROGER HANNAH;PETER JARDINE BLACKBURN ROVERS have rejected the chance to land out-of-favour Rangers defender Michael Ball as part of the Barry Ferguson transfer deal. Sportsmail understands Rangers are willing to allow one or more fringe players to head for Ewood...
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Daily Mail
Rovers refusing to play Ball
01/27/2005: 461 words, approx. 2 pages
BLACKBURN ROVERS have rejected the chance to land out-of-favour Rangers defender Michael Ball as part of the Barry Ferguson transfer deal. Sportsmail understands Rangers are willing to allow one or more fringe players to head for Ewood Park in order to secure the...
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AP News
Mars rovers OK after dust storm
9/1/2007: 514 words, approx. 2 pages
They're old and dirty, but NASA's Mars rovers are back in the exploration business after enduring a lengthy Red Planet dust bowl that blocked most of the sunlight they need for power.With skies gradually brightening, the solar-powered rovers Spirit and Opportunity recently resumed driving and...
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Scientists worry about power on Spirit
12/11/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
The Mars rover Spirit is racing against time to reach a resting spot for the winter after a giant dust storm drained much of its energy, scientists said Monday. Spirit has until Christmas to drive to the sunny slope of a low plateau where it...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 83%
Cross-dressing and Disguise in Aphra Behn's the Rover
2,106 words, approx. 7 pages
In The Rover cross-dressing and prostitution, like the masquerade and carnival, provide a comic festival of misrule; like the festival, they can only be allowed as a temporary aberration.
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Essay Grade: 83%
A Character Study of Angelca Bianca
762 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses the Aphra Behn novel, The Rover. Provides a character study of Angelca Bianca. Debates if she is a good or bad charcter.


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The Rover by Aphra Behn

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