Actually, the Brithish female playwright Aphra Behn wrote a play about
Virginia before that-The Widow Ranter (1689 - epilogue by John Dryden)- it
was quite supportive of the Virginia colonists-Barrett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jurretta Heckscher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Novels and Movies set in Virginia


> Fascinating!  I hadn't realized that.
>
> Provisionally, Defoe's novel should definitely get the prize for
> earliest work of fiction set in Virginia--and one of the prizes for
> most distinguished author.
>
> Best--
>
> --Jurretta
>
>
> On Jul 17, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Jon Kukla wrote:
>
>> Daniel Defoe's The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
>> (London, 1722) -- His heroine ends up on a Virginia plantation.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President
>> Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial
>> 1250 Red Hill Road
>> Brookneal, Virginia 24528
>> www.redhill.org
>> Phone 434-376-2044 or 800-514-7463
>>
>> Fax 434-376-2647
>>
>> - M. Lynn Davis, Office Manager
>> - Karen Gorham, Associate Curator
>> - Edith Poindexter, Curator
>>
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