The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
- ISBN-10
- 0312122438
- ISBN-13
- 9780312122430
- Series
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press
- Author
- Olaudah Equiano
Description
More than just a fascinating story, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography - the first slave narrative to be widely read - reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. This edition is the first in more than twenty-five years to offer the complete text of the Life together with a comprehensive twenty-page introduction and useful editorial apparatus designed to help students get the most out of this important work. Also included are illustrations, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index.
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