Oroonoko, or, The royal slave
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Bibliographic Information
Oroonoko, or, The royal slave
（The Norton library）
W.W. Norton, c1973
- : pbk
Available at 8 libraries
Note
Reprint of the 1688 ed. printed for W. Canning, London
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Description
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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