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Aphra Behn
Data di nascita: 10. Luglio 1640
Data di morte: 16. Aprile 1689
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Aphra Behn è stata una scrittrice, poetessa e drammaturga inglese.
Fu la prima donna della letteratura inglese a guadagnarsi da vivere come scrittrice, producendo opere in versi e in prosa e componendo opere teatrali, che ricevettero accuse di oscenità a causa del loro contenuto esplicito, e come traduttrice.
Frasi Aphra Behn
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„Signore, siamo qui oggi, e domani ce ne saremo andati.“
— Aphra Behn
da The Lucky Chance
„…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…“
— Aphra Behn, The Lucky Chance, Or, the Alderman's Bargain
The Lucky Mistake (1689).
„There's no sinner like a young saint.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part I, Act I, sc. ii.
„Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part II, Act III, sc. i.
„Variety is the soul of pleasure.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part II, Act I (1681).
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„Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.“
— Aphra Behn
The Lover's Watch, "Four o'Clock General Conversation" (1686).
„One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part II, Act V.
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„Come away; poverty's catching.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part II, Act I.
„No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.“
— Aphra Behn
The Rover, Part I, Act I, sc. ii (1677).
„Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.“
— Aphra Behn
The Feigned Courtesans, Act III, sc. i (1679).
„Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.“
— Aphra Behn
The History of Agnes de Castro, or the Force of Generous Love (1688).
