Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.

#AphraBehn
#goodmorning
#love #Pleasure #Secret #Ceases #POTD #QOTD

'ผู้คนไม่น้อยมีพรสวรรค์ในการหาเงิน แต่การจะบริหารมันให้ดี แค่พรสวรรค์อย่างเดียวไม่พอ'
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แคนเดซ บุชเนลล์
ผู้เขียน 'Sex and the City'
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#aomMONEY #MakeRich #AphraBehn

'เงินคือภาษาสากลที่ทุกประเทศในโลกเข้าใจตรงกัน'
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อาฟรา เบห์น
กวีผู้ชื่อเสียงในวงการวรรณกรรมอังกฤษ
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#aomMONEY #MakeRich #AphraBehn

Celebrating #LucyHutchinson #MargaretCavendish #AphraBehn on #InternationalWomensDay #Women #Writers #Philosphers #Poets #17thC #KeepitStuart

British writer Aphra Behn, by Sir Peter Lely, 1670
oil pastel, A4
#PortraitChallenge from Virtual Studio
#pastelart #pasteldrawing #art #coffeesketcher #cs #portrait #zeichnung #oilpastel #thursday #girl #Britishartist #AphraBehn #PeterLely

It’s finally happening!!!! #ConferenceTime #AphraBehn #EarlyModernStudies #EarlyModernResearch #EarlyModernWords #EarlyModernMusic

This is the epitaph for the first Englishwoman who made her own living as a writer. Can’t tell if it’s a compliment or a takedown but either way this quote is going into my next book. #AphraBehn #WritingCommunity

Baptised #OnThisDay in 1640: English playwright, poet & writer #AphraBehn (1640-89)

Portrait attributed to #MaryBeale (1633-99)

#Behn #EnglishLiterature #WomenWriters #restoration
St Hilda's College, University of Oxford

Upcoming event at Canterbury Christ Church University:

'Inspirational Kent Women Writers' – a day of talks inspired by Canterbury’s #AphraBehn & #WomensHistoryMonth

🗓️Saturday 2nd March, 9:45am - 4pm
📌Augustine House Library, Canterbury
🎟️Free to attend! Tickets and info: bit.ly/3wpmgw6

Baptised #OnThisDay . 14th December 1640: English playwright, writer and secret agent #AphraBehn hear how she spied for King Charles II in our podcast: tinyurl.com/3yny5m9p Westminster Abbey AphraBehnSoc Canterbury HA Visit Canterbury British Guild of Tourist Guides

#Einladung : Am Donnerstag ist Irmtraud Hnilica zu Gast in Prof. J. Bohnengels HS 'Sklaverei und Revolte. Von #AphraBehn bis Heinrich von #Kleist ' – mit einem Vortrag über Dalbergs 'Oronooko' (1786). Nicht verpassen! #IDF #InterkulturelleLiteraturwissenschaft #Komparatistik

Prof. Hobby keeping everyone enthralled with #AphraBehn ’s The History of the Nun ‘what do you do when your dead first husband returns….’ great demonstration of the humour that can be found in Behn’s writings ⁦A is for Aphra⁩ #TS2023

We're very honoured to welcome Prof Emerita Elaine Hobby (Loughborough University) for this lecture on the amazing 17th-c. female writer #AphraBehn !
A perfect way to celebrate this Canterbury-born writer and a great launch for our new 'The Aphra Behn Lecture' series! #AphraBehn Lecture

Congrats to Claire & Pradeep for sharing this story about #AphraBehn - history’s unsung literary heroine…

1 more show tomorrow at The Space!

For those who can’t make it: Only 2% of the world’s statues are female 😔

Help get Aphra a deserved statue! ⬇️

cantcommsoc.co.uk/donate/donate-…

Simone wows French tourists with #AphraBehn at the Royal Exchange! The Royal Exchange ْ Canterbury Commemoration Society Visit Canterbury Simone Chalkley (she/her) 💙 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ CanterburyBID Eddie Izzard

👩‍🦱 Delving into the dramatic life of Canterbury-born spy, playwright, poet & fiction-writer #AphraBehn for #IWD .

📖 Born in Harbledown in 1640, Behn was one of the most influential dramatists of the late 17th century and the first English woman to make a living as a writer. 1/6

“That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.” Aphra Behn, died 16 April 1689

#aphrabehn #friendship #books

AMonkeyWithCymbalsTC Oranges & Ink The Hen and Chickens Claire Louise Amias Sarah Lawrie Alex Pearson Productions Loki Music Steve Lowe A great part of #herstory to see w/ Dr. David Mills 🔬 @[email protected]. #AphraBehn #NellGwyn

“Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality.”
Words inscribed on the tomb in Westminster Abbey of Aphra Behn, who died 16 April 1689

#aphrabehn #westminsterabbey #tomb

Fantastic media coverage of the #AphraBehn statue in KentOnline last week. We are excited about the 4 fanatic designs being developed into maquettes right now! To donate to the statue, visit cantcommsoc.co.uk Canterbury Commemoration Society