EAN: 9780140433388

PENGUIN CLASSICS OROONOKO THE ROVER AND OTHER...

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.

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