Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave

Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave

by Aphra Behn (Author), Aphra Behn (Author), Lore Metzger (Author)

Synopsis

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. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him.

Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 28 May 1997

ISBN 10: 0393312054
ISBN 13: 9780393312058

Author Bio
Aphra Behn flourished in the cosmopolitan world of the London playhouse and the court. It was she, Virginia Woolf wrote, who earned [women] the right to speak their minds.