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Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave (Revised) Paperback - 1997

by Aphra Behn; Introduction by Lore Metzger

The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. Taken up by reformers in the long battle against slavery, reprinted and imitated countless times, the story of Oroonoko remains a popular tale.


Summary

Aphra Behn was one of the first professional English female writers and Oroonoko was one of her earliest works. It is the love story between Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, and the daughter of that king's general. The king takes the girl into his harem, and when she plans to escape with his grandson, sells her as a slave. When Oroonoko tries to follow her he is caught by an English slave trader and taken to the same West Indian island as his love.

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I DO not pretend, in giving you the History of this Royal Slave, to entertain my Reader with Adventures of a feign'd Hero, whose Life and Fortunes Fancy may manage at the Poet's pleasure; nor in relating the Truth, design to adorn it with any Accidents, but such as arrived in earnest to him: And it shall come simply into the World, recommended by its own proper Merits, and natural Intrigues; there being enough of Reality to support it, and to render it diverting, without the addition of Invention.

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  • Title Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave (Revised)
  • Author Aphra Behn; Introduction by Lore Metzger
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-05-01
  • ISBN 9780393312058 / 0393312054
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.53 x 0.3 in (20.96 x 14.05 x 0.76 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Caribbean Area, Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001268764
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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