Ashra Behn
1) Oroonoko
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English
Description
First published in 1688, Oroonoko follows the tragic love story of a charismatic African prince and his beloved Imoinda. The eponymous hero is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam. Behn's moving and deeply empathetic tale is structured, as a first-person account of Oroonoko's life, love, rebellion, and execution.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an historically illuminating article by George Jay Smith from 1925 and...
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