Aphra Behn

Oroonoko Aphra Behn

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This book is a historical romance/tragedy about a captured king betrayed into slavery in English Suriname and also how he's miraculously reunited with his fiancee.

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 (the author) visit to Surinam, Oroonoko reflects the author's romantic views of native peoples as being in "the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin." The novel also reveals Behn's ambiguous attitude toward slavery: while she favored it as a means to strengthen England's power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.

The book is well written, moves briskly, and provides a fascinating early glimpse not only of the slave trade but of indigenous inhabitants of South America as well.

The book is written by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), who is considered the first female English novelist.

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