The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings - (Penguin Classics) by Olaudah Equiano (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta</b> <p/>An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's <i>The Interesting Narrative</i><b> </b>recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, <i>The Interesting Narrative</i> is a work of enduring literary and historical value. <p/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Olaudah Equiano</b> (1745-1797) was a former slave who became an outspoken opponent of the slave trade. <p/><b>Vincent Carretta</b> is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of the <i>Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley</i>, <i>Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African</i>, and <i>Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of SLavery and Other Writings</i> by Ottobah Cugoano.
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