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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works Aphra Behn

Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works By Aphra Behn

Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn


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Summary

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.

Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works Summary

Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn

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.

About Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn (c. 1640-1689), born in Kent, England, claimed to have visited the British colony of Surinam, where Oroonoko is set. She wrote poetry, short stories, stage plays, and political propaganda for the Tory party, as well as her great amorous and political novel, Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister.

Additional information

GOR001188515
9780140433388
0140433384
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
1992-11-26
400
N/A
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