Research Guides: IDS 101: The Most Important Novel: Related Media

Music, Magazines, & Videos Related to the Books Read in this Course

Henry Desmarest -Théagène et Cariclée: Ma vertu cède au coup
A song from the opera Théagène et Cariclée: by the French composer Henri Desmarets, first performed at the Paris Opera on 12 April 1695. Based on the ancient Greek novel Aethiopica by Heliodorus. 3:15 minutes
Niccolò Piccinni - La Buona Figliuola (Overture)
La buona figliuola (The Good-Natured Girl or The Accomplish'd Maid), is an opera buffa in three acts by Niccolò Piccinni. The libretto, by Carlo Goldoni, is based on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. It was first performed in Rome, on 6 February 1760 with an all-male cast. 4:43 minutes
The Colored American Magazine v.6 (1903)
Original source for Pauline E. Hopkins novel, Of One Blood
Purcell, Britten: Celemene, Pray Tell Me
Purcell,Benjamin Britten's realization of Henry Purcell's duet, "Celemene, Pray Tell Me" from: the play Oroonoko by Thomas Southerne based on Aphra Behn's novel. 3:56 minutes

Director JoAnne Akalaitis on Writer Aphra Behn
Director JoAnne Akalaitis who has worked extensively on Aphra Behn’s plays, tells us the thrilling story of a woman who has "...given us all the right to speak our minds." 4 minutes

Francis Sandford
High resolution images of this book from the Royal Collection Trust