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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
inspiring
reflective
easiest 5 stars i‘ve ever given a book. absolutely gorgeous writing, great pacing and while the story does deal with the topic of slavery, Douglass is so reflected, so smart but also so conflicted about it. i will never in my life be able to use language this way, but i also won’t ever need to.
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So I read bits and pieces of this book when I was in elementary school, and learned about him every once and a while throughout school, but reading his book has really cemented my love for Douglass. His writing is thoughtful, insightful, beautiful, yet also humble. I really enjoyed this book and I'll try to read some of his other works too when I can.
So I read bits and pieces of this book when I was in elementary school, and learned about him every once and a while throughout school, but reading his book has really cemented my love for Douglass. His writing is thoughtful, insightful, beautiful, yet also humble. I really enjoyed this book and I'll try to read some of his other works too when I can.
emotional
informative
sad
Disappointed that it took me this long in my life to read this important account. It reads easily, is full of personality and power, and encouraged me to learn more.
It was good, but not the most engaging book. I expected it to be mostly about Douglass' escape to freedom and anti-slavery work, but that only came during the last chapter. It was interesting to read a slave narrative, though, and learn about the personal experiences of a former slave.
Shocked that I had never read this before. Incredibly readable for a text written in 1845.
I sought out this edition because of Blight's editorship. I have a deep faith in his opinions as a Historians. The introductory essay, notes, and selection of reviews, speeches, etc. following the text are all thoughtful, informative, and really support the reading experience.
This required reading for everyone. An American classic, if such a thing exists.
I sought out this edition because of Blight's editorship. I have a deep faith in his opinions as a Historians. The introductory essay, notes, and selection of reviews, speeches, etc. following the text are all thoughtful, informative, and really support the reading experience.
This required reading for everyone. An American classic, if such a thing exists.
I'm thoroughly dismayed that I was never assigned to read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in high school. To think that Douglass was perhaps 2 years older than I am now and at that point in his life sat down to write this memoir in a way that is accessible and entirely relevant to a reader in the year 2020 is... just jaw dropping, really. While I knew of the events described in the text before reading, learning of Douglass' experience through his own words is remarkable, although of course the experiences are impossible to understand or imagine in spite of the horrifying clarity of their description. Jesse Zuba created a fantastic librivox recording available on YouTube, which I highly recommend to those who may prefer an audio rendering of the text: https://youtu.be/S2mU0IpYYaw
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
This work was compelling and well-written, and Douglass highlights the atrocities behind slavery (and in particular the "humane" forms of slavery). I'd recommend for anyone who enjoys memoirs or autobiographies to pick this one up.