Sarah
an English translation
by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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"A dugout canoe comes ashore on the island of Saint-Barthelemy in the Antilles; in it are a black man, Arsene, and a sleeping white child, Sarah. Seeking refuge, they are taken in by a good man, but the overseer of his plantation threatens both Arsene and Sarah with the loss of their freedom." "Deborah Jenson and Doris Y. Kadish introduce Sarah, an 1821 novella by Desbordes-Valmore, explaining its autobiographical background, political context (the revolt of blacks against Napoleon's soldiers), and literary genre (sentimentalism). The novella was a precursor to anticolonial and antislavery texts by Claire de Duras, Victor Hugo, George Sand, and Alphonse de Lamartine."--Jacket.
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Sarah: the original French text
2008, The Modern Language Association of America
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1603290265 9781603290265
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Sarah: an English translation
2008, The Modern Language Association of America, Modern Language Association of America
in English
1603290273 9781603290272
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