A short novel first published in 1688, Oroonoko centers around the tragic love of its hero, an enslaved African, and the author's own experiences in Surinam in the 1660s. Behn was the first professional female dramatist, as well as one of the first English novelists, male or female.

• Dancing at Lughnasa
• The Emigrants
• Candide, or Optimism (Penguin Classics)
• Dubliners
• THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE: Othello: The Moor of Venice (Oxford World's Classics;The Oxford Shakespeare)