Aphra Behn
was one of the first women to make
writing her sole source of income. She is
best known for the historical novel Oroonoko, the History of the
Royal Slave, which has been cited as
one of the earliest examples of the noble
savage in literature. |
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Robert
Louis Stevenson spent much
of his life traveling around Europe and
the South Seas, and those travels became
the basis for many of his stories. He is
best known today for the novels Treasure
Island and The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. |
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