by Aphra Behn

The Aphra Behn Page
Visit this site dedicated to Aphra Behn. Click on the Chronology of Aphra Behn's life and works to scan her artistic progression and accomplishments. Go to The beginnings of the female narrative voice to explore how Behn and other women contributed to the development of the novel form. In the Web Links Activity Log, describe a few of the contributions these women made to English literature

Invitation to a Funeral: A Jaunt around Restoration London
Aphra Behn is the "star" of Molly Brown's historical fiction novel Invitation to a Funeral. Go to this site devoted to the novel to take a virtual tour of seventeenth-century London and visit the very places Behn herself frequented. Then try writing some historical fiction of your own. Choose a well-known figure from history and brainstorm some original situations for the character to encounter. Write the first scene or chapter of a novel about this character.