AB
had probably completed her short novelOroonoko, or, The Royal Slave, which was published by William Canning
that same year, with a dedication to the Jacobite Lord Lauderdale
.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press.
417
O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland.
137, 139
Dedications
Aphra Behn
AB
said she had been mulling over this story for years, and so was able to write it down in a few Hours, without ever rest[ing] my Pen a Moment for Thought.
Behn, Aphra. The Works of Aphra Behn. Editor Todd, Janet, William Pickering.