On July 23, 2015, I posted the following on Book Riot.
The Astonishing Authorship of Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) is the first woman in the Western world known to have made her living as a writer. In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf states that all women who earn their living writers owe a debt of gratitude to Aphra Behn.
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In the words of my friend, the Australian, I shall return.
The Boomerang 
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