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The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him. Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Full title: Oroonoko
• Author: Aphra Behn
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9780393312058
• ISBN: 0393312054
• ID: 04067513
• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Weight: 134 g
• Dimensions: 205 × 146 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. May 1997

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