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25 The Ultimate Profession It is common knowledge that the ultimate profession is to earn one’s bread through plying the pen. Recently cradlemakers and fossilologists have also shown an inclination towards this calling, and in this line of work every deposed general has attained an enviable rank. Ousted bureaucrats and murderers condemned for life are the authors of best-selling books. We make the sad observation that in the opinion of her contemporaries, Aphra Behn—the first woman who sought recourse to penmanship to earn bread—earned her living, principally, from selling her flesh. This page intentionally left blank ...

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