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Aphra Behn

 

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Mademoiselle de Scudery : 

[from chapter entitled 'Aphra Behn'] 'One thing is certain, pure her mind was not, but tainted to the very core. She loved grossness for its own sake, because it was congenial to her [...] The noble examples of Mademoiselle de Scudery and Madame de la Fayette were lost upon her -- she read their works, she knew well their object, and she wrote not one coarse passage the less for either.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Aphra Behn      Print: Book

  

Madame de la Fayette : 

[from chapter entitled 'Aphra Behn'] 'One thing is certain, pure her mind was not, but tainted to the very core. She loved grossness for its own sake, because it was congenial to her [...] The noble examples of Mademoiselle de Scudery and Madame de la Fayette were lost upon her -- she read their works, she knew well their object, and she wrote not one coarse passage the less for either.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Aphra Behn      Print: Book

 

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