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Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave

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An edition of Oroonoko (1688)

Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave

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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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W W Norton & Co Inc
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English
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78

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Subjects
Classic Literature, Fiction, History, Princes, Slave trade, Slave trade in literature, Slavery, Slavery in literature, Slaves, Sources, open_syllabus_project, Criticism and interpretation, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, Slaves, fiction, Caribbean area, fiction, Africa, fiction, Fiction, general, Readers, Behn, aphra , 1640-1689, Slaves--suriname--fiction, Slave trade--history--sources, Slaves--fiction, Slave trade--fiction, Princes--fiction, Pr3317 .o7 1997, 823/.4
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Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
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Africa, Caribbean Area, Suriname

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Oroonoko
2003, Penguin
in English
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Oroonoko, or, The royal slave
2000, Bedford/St. Martin's
in English
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Oroonoko: an authoritative text, historical backgrounds, criticism
1997, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.
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Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave
July 1973, W W Norton & Co Inc
in English
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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 feigned 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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OL7450787M
Internet Archive
oroonokoorroyals00aphr
ISBN 10
0393007022
ISBN 13
9780393007022
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50959
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1037299

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