Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn

Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave

Aphra Behn with Elizabeth Klett (Narrator)

2 hours, 40 minutes first pub 1688 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical literary dark sad medium-paced
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Aphra Behn was the first woman writer in England to make a living by her pen, and her novel Oroonoko was the first work published in English to express sympathy for African slaves. Perhaps based partly on Behn's own experiences living in Surinam, ...

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