Daughters of Time by Mary Hoffman

Author:Mary Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Published: 2014-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Why I Chose Aphra Behn

I chose to write about Aphra Behn because she did so much to blaze the writing trail for the many women who followed her. She lived in Africa for a spell, was a spy for King Charles II, and became the first woman known to have made a living writing in the English language. She started writing originally to get herself out of a debtor’s prison. I love her plays, particularly The Rover, which continued to be performed for 100 years. She also wrote an early novel, Oroonoko. She was a woman ahead of her time.

I invented Jenny and her family to show how Aphra Behn inspired many other women to lead independent lives and to write for the theatre as she did.

MARIE-LOUISE JENSEN

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