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The Rover by Aphra Behn is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Rover about?

Now Considered Behn's Most Famous And Most Accomplished Play, The Rover Is In Many Ways Firmly In The Tradition Of Restoration Drama; Willmore, The Title Character, Is A Rake And A Libertine, And The Comedy Feeds On Sexual Innuendo, Intrigue And Wit. But The Laughter That The Play Insights Has A Biting Edge To It And The Sexual Intrigue An Unsettling Depth. As Anne Russell Points Out In Her Introduction To This Edition, There Are Three Options For Women In The Society Represented Here: Marriage, The Convent, Or Prostitution. In This Marriage Economy The Witty And Pragmatic Virgin Hellena Learns How To Survive, While The Prostitute Angellica Bianca Can Retain Her Autonomy Only So Long As She Remains Free From Romantic Love. It Seems That In This World Women Can Only Be Free By The Anonymity Of Disguise-yet The Mask Is Also The Mark Of The Prostitute. And, Paradoxically, Disguise Is The Device That In Many Ways Drives The Plot Towards Marriage. Enormously Popular Through The Eighteenth Century, The Rover Is Now Once Again Widely Performed. Filled With The Play Of Ideas, It Is One Of The Most Amusing, Entertaining-and Unsettling-of Comedies.

Who reads The Rover?

Author

Aphra Behn

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781974500925

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.34 / 5 (1,891 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14