About this title: Aphra Behn (1640-1689), the first Englishwoman to earn a living with her pen, wrote this combination of memoir, narrative, and biography to tell the story of a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
Description: Good. 0140439889 Sticker on spine. Residue of sticker on back cover. Corners lightly bumped. Crease on front cover. Interior clean and unmarked. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 144 pages. (144 pages) aphra behn, the poet, playwright, novelist and political satirist was the first truly professional woman writer in english. this title demonstrates the sophistication and vitality of aphra behn's genius. it contains the plays "the rover" and "the widow", "ranter" together with "love letters to a gentleman", a choice of poems. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 30/10/2003
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 30/10/2003
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
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Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
Description: New. Aphra Behn, the poet, playwright, novelist and political satirist was the first truly professional woman writer in English. This title demonstrates the sophistication and vitality of Aphra Behn's genius. It contains the plays "The Rover" and "The Wido... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
Description: New. When Prince Oroonokoas 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. Oroonokoas noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English capt... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780140439885ISBN:0140439889
Description: New. --All NEW items are exactly as provided by the publisher. All USED items are in Good condition or better, and copies may contain store stickers, highlighting, etc from normal use by previous owner(s). One-time use supplements (e.g., access codes, tear-out flash cards, reference cards, etc) provided with new copies are NOT guaranteed. --Professional booksellers: inquiries always welcome. read more
Binding: PB
Publisher: Palgrave MacM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780333730744ISBN:0333730747
Description: NEAR FINE. Paperback, 352pp., NEW, This edition of Aphra Behn's >OroonokoM> features a generous selection of thematically organised historical materials including explorers' descriptions of the 'new world' of the Caribbean, planters' accounts of the sugar colonies, first-hand accounts of the slave trade from Dutch and English traders and abducted Africans and early abolitionist publications by Europeans and former slaves. Excerpts from works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele and ... read more
"This oddly written fictional account (though it's presented as fact) of an enslaved African prince is much more interesting as a historical artifact than it is as a piece of literature. Still, it offers a strong contemporary account of early colonization and the slave trade from someone who saw it firsthand."
"This was an interesting read considering the time it was written. Aphra Behn was a very talented writer and the issues she raises in this story is very rare of the time that it was written. I am surprised it was very popular at the time but the way she distinguishes the issues is in a disguised form. Defiantly check it out if you are interested in Britain literature."
"Not my cup of tea. Good job for Aphra Behn being the first woman to earn her living writing novels and plays and whatever the heck else, but holy God, keep her away from me!!!"
"A book from the 1680s can't with much justification be viewed through a modern lens of anti-colonialism and anti-slavery - the scholarly introduction to my Oxford World Classics edition provides some help on how to think about it. The titular character is certainly one of the earliest examples of the Noble Savage and despite his "jet-black" African complexion is described as having otherwise quite European features (even, in a passage I can't quite visualize, seeming somehow to have straightened his hair - a 17th century process?), hence his nobility. Behn, who it is cynically easy to regard as having been inducted into the canon in the 1980s to help with the paucity of women from her era, is nonetheless quite a remarkable character."
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