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When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn's visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author's romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples 'in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin'. The novel also reveals Behn's ambiguous attitude to African slavery - while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England's power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Prose: non-fiction Literary essays

• Full title: Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works
• Author: Aphra Behn
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780140433388
• ISBN: 0140433384
• ID: 04024013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 294 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 129 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. November 1992

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