Abdelazer Or The Moor's Revenge

by Aphra Behn

Abdelazer Or The Moor's Revenge is a play written by Aphra Behn in the 17th century. The play is a tragicomedy that tells the story of Abdelazer, a young man who seeks revenge against the family that enslaved him and his people. Along the way, he falls in love with the daughter of his enemy, but his desire for revenge ultimately leads to his downfall. The play explores themes of love, revenge, and the consequences of one's actions. It is notable for its portrayal of a black protagonist in a time when such characters were rare in English literature. The play has been adapted for the stage and screen numerous times over the years and remains a popular work of English literature.King. All Lives And Safeties In My Power Remain! Mistaken Charming Creature, If My Power Be Such, Who Kneel And Bow To Thee, What Must Thine Be, Who Hast The Soveraign Command O're Me And It! Wou'dst Thou Give Life? Turn But Thy Lovely Eyes Upon The Wretched Thing That Wants It, And He Will Surely Live, And Live For Ever. Canst Thou Do This, And Com'st To Beg Of Me?This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Genres: Drama

Paperback

First published January 1, 1676

About the author

Aphra Behn, or Ayfara Behn, of the first professional women authors in English on Britain wrote plays, poetry, and her best known work, the prose fiction Oroonoko (1688).

Aphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the female. Her contributed to the amatory genre of literature. People sometimes refer to Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, and her as part of "the fair triumvirate of wit."

In reckoning of Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, more important total career of Behn produced any particular work. Woolf wrote, "All women together, ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn … for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds." Victoria Mary Sackville-West called Behn "an inhabitant of Grub Street with the best of them, … a phenomenon never seen and … furiously resented." Felix Shelling called her "a very gifted woman, compelled to write for bread in an age in which literature … catered habitually to the lowest and most depraved of human inclinations. Her success depended upon her ability to write like a man." Edmund Gosse remarked that "the George Sand of the Restoration" lived the bohemian life in London in the 17th century as Paris two centuries later.

Reviews

[tanita · Rating 3 out of 5]

why are they all so horny and violent… it’s giving 15 year old lynx body spray using boy

[Judith Rich · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's like Titus Andronicus without the rape and cannibalism - slutty queen, evil Moor and a whole pile of bodies by the end. And it's no better.