ISBN:
9781101097960
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (386 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3/62/092 B
Keywords:
Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent CarrettaAn exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO, or GUSTAVUS VASSA, ... -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAP. II. -- CHAP. III. -- CHAP. IV. -- CHAP. V. -- CHAP. VI. -- CHAP. VII. -- CHAP. VIII. -- CHAP. IX. -- CHAP. X. -- CHAP. XI. -- CHAP. XII. -- EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B - A Note on the Illustrations -- APPENDIX C - List of Subscribers to the First Edition -- APPENDIX D - List of Subscribers to the New York Edition -- APPENDIX E - Correspondence and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa, or Olaudah ... -- EXPLANATORY NOTES: APPENDIX E -- APPENDIX F: PROB/10/3372 CF/2236 - The Will and Codicil of Gustavus Vassa ... -- APPENDIX G: NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS ADDED AFTER THE FIRST EDITION.
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