num_pages: 288
description: Truth's landmark slave narrative chronicles her experiences as a slave in upstate New York and her transformation into an extraordinary abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher. Based on the complete 1884 edition, this volume includes the "Book of Life," a collection of letters and sketches about Truth's life written subsequent to the original 1850 publication of the  Narrative , and "A Memorial Chapter," a sentimental account of her death.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.
language: English
title: Narrative of Sojourner Truth
titlecomplete: Narrative of Sojourner Truth
characters: Sojourner Truth
genres: History, Classics, Feminism, Biography, Memoir, African American, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Race, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 9764
publisher: Penguin Classics