Oroonoko
Behn, Aphra, 1640-16892003
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'Oroonoko', a novel published in 1688, is notable as an early protest against the slave trade and as a description of primitive people 'in the first state of innocence'. The story centres on the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave.
Main title:
Oroonoko / Aphra Behn ; edited with an introduction and notes by Janet Todd.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2003.London : Penguin Books, 2003.
Collation:
xl, 99 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780140439885 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
129021