01680cam a2200217   45000010005000000100017000050200018000221000029000402450082000692500025001512600048001763000024002244400021002485040058002695201016003276500026013436500022013696510021013916510023014127000027014356666  a  2004559817  a97801404398851 aBehn, Aphra,d1640-1689.10aOroonoko /cAphra Behn ; edited with an introduction and notes by Janet Todd.  aPenguin classics ed.  aLondon ;aNew York :bPenguin Books,c2003.  axl, 99 p. ;c21 cm. 0aPenguin classics  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [xxxvii]-xl).  aWhen Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda  arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are  cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the  colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the  respect of his English captors, but his struggle for  freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra  Behn's visit to Surinam, Oroonoko reflects the author's  romantic view of native peoples as in 'the first state of  innocence, before man knew how to sin'. The novel also  reveals Behn's ambiguous attitude to African slavery -  while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England's  rule, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice  and brutality. This new edition of Oroonoko is based on  the first printed version of 1688, and includes a  chronology, further reading and notes. In her  introduction, [the editor] examines Aphra Behn's views of  slavery, colonization and politics, and her position as a  professional woman writer in the Restoration.-Back cover 0aSlave tradevFiction. 0aSlaveryvFiction. 0aAfricavFiction. 0aSurinamevFiction.1 aTodd, Janet M.,d1942-