num_pages: 352
description: Matthew Lewis is best remembered as the author of the sensational Gothic novel The Monk . He was also a slave-owner, inheriting two large plantations and making two visits to Jamaica to investigate the living and working conditions of his slaves. His anecdotal record, the Journal of a WestIndia Proprietor , offers a vivid account of plantation life from the slave owner's perspective. This edition provides full contextual background and includes Lewis' verse narrative The Isle of Devils , as well as a telling last letter and extract from his papers.
language: English
title: Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica
titlecomplete: Journal of a West India Proprietor: Kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (Oxford World's Classics)
genres: History, British Literature, Gothic, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Oxford University Press