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Aphra Behn

Oroonoko

Or, The Royal Slave, A True Story

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The bestselling story by a legendary female writer--a tale of love, slavery, and rebellion.When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction.One of the most influential English novels in history, Aphra Behn's Oroonoko was the first book to express sympathy for African slaves. Based partly on Behn's childhood in Suriname, Oroonoko depicts the love of Prince Oroonoko, the grandson of an… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-61219-324-3
  • EAN: 9781612193243
  • Produktnummer: 15641985
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 112 S.

Über den Autor


APHRA BEHN (c. 1640-1689), born in Kent, England, claimed to have visited the British colony of Surinam, where Oroonoko is set. She wrote poetry, short stories, stage plays, and political propaganda for the Tory party, as well as her great amorous and political novel, Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister.

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