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Oroonoko

Behn, Aphra, 1640-16892016
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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.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2016.
Collation:
64 pages ; 17 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780241251621 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.4
LC class:
PR3317
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
1054014
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