id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9829 Aphra Behn - Wikipedia .html text/html 6122 727 77 The novels were inspired by a contemporary scandal, which saw Lord Grey elope with his sister-in-law Lady Henrietta Berkeley.[22] At the time of publication Love Letters was very popular and went through more than 16 editions.[23] Today Behn's prose work is critically acknowledged as having been important to the development of the English novel.[6] Following Behn's death, new female dramatists such as Delarivier Manley, Mary Pix, Susanna Centlivre and Catherine Trotter acknowledged Behn as their most vital predecessor, who opened up public space for women writers.[2][8] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9829.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9829.txt