Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

240 pages first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Now the major motion picture that won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong'o, and directed by Steve McQueen Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Sl...

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Moods

emotional 71%
sad 69%
informative 66%
dark 62%
challenging 54%
reflective 43%
tense 33%
inspiring 25%
hopeful 12%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 28%
fast 14%

Average rating

4.2

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