{"product_id":"oroonoko-or-royal-slave-paperback-by-aphra-behn-lore-metzger","title":"Oroonoko Or Royal Slave Paperback by Aphra Behn;Lore Metzger","description":"\n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1997-05-06)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 96\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780393312058\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 113.4 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20.9 x 14.02 x 0.69 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn influential seventeenth-century fable, by a  pathbreaking woman writer, about the fall of a  black prince.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTaken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAphra Behn\u003c\/b\u003e flourished in the cosmopolitan world of the London playhouse and the court. It was she, Virginia Woolf wrote, \"who earned [women] the right to speak their minds.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    ","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44913200332961,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393312058","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393312058.jpg?v=1745872191","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/oroonoko-or-royal-slave-paperback-by-aphra-behn-lore-metzger","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}