Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings

Mitarbeit:Carretta, Vincent;Herausgegeben:Carretta, Vincent

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK / Penguin US
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 75340
• Rev. ed.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9780142437162
• ISBN-10: 0142437166
• Artikelnr.: 12650885

Autorenporträt

Olaudah Equiano; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Vincent Carretta

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

Vincent Carretta

A Note on the Text

Acknowledgments

A Note on Money

Suggestions for Further Reading

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself

Explanatory and Textual Notes

Appendix A: The Frontispieces and Title Pages of the First London (1789) and New York (1791) Editions

Appendix B: A Note on the Illustrations

Appendix C: List of Subscribers to the First Edition

Appendix D: List of Subscribers to the New York Edition

Appendix E: Correspondence of Gustavus Vassa, or Olaudah Equiano, Not Published in The Interesting Narrative

Appendix F: The Will and Codicil of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano)