Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave Illustrated

By: Behn, Aphra

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. It was also adapted into a play. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person account of his life, love, rebellion, and execution. The novel's success was jump-started by a popular 1695 theatrical adaptation by Thomas Southerne which ran regularly on the British stage throughout the first half of the 18th century, and in America later in the century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R1GV8T4
• ISBN13: 9798584285791
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 5.5"