Oroonoko : Little Black Classic
Author(s): Aphra Behn
We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues ...' Spy, traveller and pioneering female writer Aphra Benn's story of an African prince sold into slavery is considered one of the earliest English novels.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.099
- : 30 November 2015
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2020
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Aphra Behn
- : Paperback
- : 105
- : English
- : 823.4
- : 128
More About The Product
Little is known of Aphra Behn's early life. She was probably born around 1640 in Kent and in the early 1660s claims to have visited the British colony of Surinam. She turned to literature for a living, producing numerous short stories, 19 stage plays and political propaganda for the Tories.
