Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave Contributor(s): Behn, Aphra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539631028 ISBN-13: 9781539631026 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6" W x 9" (0.27 lbs) 82 pages |
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Publisher Description: Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to British colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first person account of his life, love, rebellion and execution. |