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Bloomsbury Rover Revised Edition by Aphra Behn
About the Book: The Rover Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women-from convent girls to courtesans-take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with the adventures of a group of lovestruck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behns play explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Hers is a male-dominated society, but one with a clear-sighted portrayal of the female predicament. The play is widely taught on A Level courses as well as on undergraduate literature and womens writing courses. This new edition contains