14603 ship50 " In the travelogue Mrs

"  In the travelogue Mrs Trollope follows on her success from her book about Americans

gilt title to spine "George Eliot's Works

Martin Chuzzlewit

Edited and partly written by Augustus's brother William

596 + 559 pages

14603 ship50 " In the travelogue MrsA great way to meet Mrs Behn, this slim Folio edition of these two fascinating tales is illustrated withwoodcuts by Iris Francis. A famous Restoration playwright, Mrs Behn was perhaps the first woman in England who wrote to make a living. These are novelettes, not plays. The tragic tale of Prince Oroonoko's enslavement is followed by the story of Miranda, a woman who is as devious, sexually aggressive, and envious of power as any man could ever be.