About the Book: The Rover
Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily
removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women-from convent girls to
courtesans-take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with
the adventures of a group of lovestruck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behns play
explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power,
fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Hers is a male-dominated society,
but one with a clear-sighted portrayal of the female predicament. The play is
widely taught on A Level courses as well as on undergraduate literature and
womens writing courses. This new edition contains