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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works

by Aphra Behn, Janet Todd
$7.90 $5.90 25% off
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works - Thryft
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works - Thryft

Passion, slavery, nobility, struggle, and tragic romance.

You might appreciate "Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works" if you're interested in historical narratives that delve deep into the complexities of human rights and injustice, all while wrapped up in a poignant love story. Aphra Behn, a woman ahead of her time, critiques and explores the cruelty of slavery while also unfolding a tragic romance that showcases the resilience of the human spirit. It’s a classic that speaks to the enlightenment and horrors of its era, through a narrative that's both compelling and enlightening.

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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works

by Aphra Behn, Janet Todd
$7.90 $5.90 25% off
ISBN: 9780140433388
Authors: Aphra Behn, Janet Todd
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date of Publication: 1992-11-28
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 797 readers)

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'We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues’.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.This new edition of Oroonoko is based on the first printed edition of 1688, and includes a chronology, bibliography and notes. In her introduction, Janet Todd examines Aphra Behn’s views of slavery, colonization and politics, and her position as a professional woman writer in the Restoration.Prose:The Fair JiltOroonokoLove-Letters to a GentlemanPlays:The RoverThe Widow RanterPoems:Love ArmedEpilogue to Sir Patient FancyThe DisappointmentTo Mr. Creech (under the name of Daphnis) on his excellent translation of LucretiusA letter to Mr. Creech at Oxford, written in the last great frostSong: On her loving two equallyTo the fair Clarinda, who made love to me, imagined more than womanOn Desire: A PindaricA Pindaric poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet
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