{"product_id":"9780393312058","title":"Oroonoko : or, The Royal Slave","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Behn, Aphra, Metzger, Lore\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 28 May 1997 by WW Norton \u0026amp; Co in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e205 x 146 x 7 | 134g\u003cp\u003eThe first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Behn, Aphra, Metzger, Lore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666336714936,"sku":"9780393312058","price":14.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780393312058.jpg?v=1734741273","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780393312058","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}