Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The Rover

I found this play written in the 1600s just to be ok although many people on Goodreads don't like it. What I find most interesting about the play is the fact that it was written by a female playwright. She made her living off her writing and that was definitely groundbreaking for its time.  She's most known for her book Oroonoko though.  The plot concerns a girl Florinda who is arranged to be married but has fallen for another man Belville. It also is about her friend Hellena who is going to become a nun but falls for the main character the rover Willmore.  However a prostitute Angellica likes him too. Everything wraps up nicely by the end though.

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