Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

240 pages first pub 1853 (view editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
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Twelve Years a Slave is ideal for readers who appreciate raw, historically grounded memoirs that confront the brutal realities of slavery through a personal and unflinching narrative.

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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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4.23
based on 7,886 reviews

Moods

sad: 71%

emotional: 70%

dark: 65%

informative: 62%

challenging: 53%

reflective: 43%

tense: 34%

inspiring: 26%

hopeful: 13%

adventurous: 5%

mysterious: 1%


Pace

15% of readers chose fast
56% of readers chose medium
27% of readers chose slow
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