The History of Oronooko; or, the Royal Slave. A Novel. Containing a Variety of Entertaining Passages. Published by Charles Gildon. The Ninth Edition C

by Aphra Behn

Book Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 137963962X
• ISBN13: 9781379639626
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction

While I enjoyed the story, I must admit that I enjoyed reading the introduction and footnotes even more. They were very interesting and enlightening, and the introduction creates an awe inspiring portrait of Aphra Behn, and what a diamond in the rough she was during the Restoration period of English history.

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A Brave New World

This book was required reading for my American Literature course. Why read a story about an African prince in Surinam in an American Lit class? Voyage to a brave new world! That was the theme of the class. It encompassed the whole colonial experience in all of the "Americas". I am glad my professor went that route or I probably would never have read OROONOKO. This is a wonderful read. It is more a love story to me than a slave story. This book was written centuries ago but it is a very easy read. The footnotes in this version are a great help but the context of the story is enough for most readers to not get lost in archaic language. Add this one to your library. It is definitely worth it.

OROONOKO

THIS BOOK IS WONDERFUL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SLAVERY.