Oroonoko
Publisher: Ryerson Pressbooks; Pressbooks
Published: 2022-02-15
Language: eng
Format: Ebook
Copyright date: 2022
Description: <em>Oroonoko</em> (1688)—full title Oroonoko:<em> or, The Royal Slave</em>—is a short work of prose fiction by English poet and writer Aphra Behn. This text is a first-person account of Oroonoko&#8217;s life and his ensuing journey after the African prince is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam.