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Sir Patient Fancy

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the earliest British female dramatists and novelists to become popular. Before becoming a writer, she served the court of Charles II for a time as a spy in the Netherlands, where her work was disregarded. She was buried in Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth Flesher printed this volume for the Tonsons, who were printers and booksellers involved in the publication of important literary milestones such as Paradise Lost, and works by authors such as Dryden, Addison, Steele, and Pope. While this volume is mentioned in Plomer as one of Richard Tonson's "milestones," Elizabeth Flesher is never mentioned as being involved.

Behn, Aphra

Sir Patient Fancy : a comedy, as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre / written by Mrs. A. Behn, the authour of the Rover.

1678

Printed by E Flesher for Richard Tonson, within Grays-Inn-gate in Grays-Inn-lane, and Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's Head in Chancery-lane

London

English

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Text

[1st ed.].

Book

Behn, Mrs. Aphra. Sir Patient Fancy. London: By E. Flesher for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, 1678.