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Perhaps based partly on behns own experiences living in surinam, the novel tells the tragic story of a noble slave. Oroonoko ebook by aphra behn 9781612193250 rakuten kobo. These formats have been specially designed to be crossplatform compatible with all pcs, laptops, pdas, kindle dx, kindle 3 ipadipods, ereaders, or smartphones. Project gutenberg offers 61,729 free ebooks to download. A folk history of slavery in the united states often referred to as the wpa slave narrative collection was a massive compilation of histories by former slaves undertaken by the federal writers project of the works progress administration from 1936 to 1938.
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Other ways to help include digitizing, proofreading and formatting, recording audio books, or reporting errors. Collected stories of arthur conan doyle in 11 volumesat roy glashans library. She is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her short novel oroonoko 1688, the tale of an enslaved african prince. The bestselling story by a legendary female writera tale of love, slavery, and rebellion. Project gutenberg australia a treasuretrove of literature treasure found hidden with no evidence of ownership. Aphra behn was famous for her lifestyle as well as her works. Crime and mystery, project gutenberg australia, free. Project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read ebooks. The works themselves may be accessed by clicking the link to project gutenberg pg or project gutenberg australia pga as the case may be.
Western worlds greatest books project gutenberg book. Notorious for her bawdy plays and sexually explicit poetry, aphra behn is best known for her short novel oroonoko, a work that is sometimes regarded as an early abolitionist text and sometimes as a highly racist one. Project gutenberg alternatives and similar websites and apps. It was founded in 1971 by american writer michael s. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. It is notable for its exploration of slavery, race, and gender. Collected stories a project gutenberg australia compilationhtml. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in longlasting, open formats. If you find project gutenberg useful, please consider a small donation, to help project gutenberg digitize more books, maintain our online presence, and improve project gutenberg programs and offerings. Oroonoko by aphra behn overdrive rakuten overdrive. As one of the first english women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Oroonoko by aphra behn is an important work of western literature.
Jan 07, 2020 we are very grateful to you all for your patronage and support over the years. Jan 30, 2014 oroonoko is a short work of prose fiction by aphra behn 16401689, published in 1688, concerning the love of its hero, an enslaved african in surinam in the 1660s, and the authors own experiences in the new south american colony. History and politicsalso at roy glashans library in other formats. Oroonokos noble bearing soon wins the respect of his english captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. The most notable of these is oroonoko 1688, a heroical love story, the first philosophical novel in english. Standard ebooks is a gutenberg project youll actually use. The project gutenberg ebook of the worlds greatest books, vol. Distributed proofreaders was founded in 2000 by charles franks to support the digitization of public domain books. Aphra behn, author of oroonoko literaryladiesguide. Project gutenberg pg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to encourage the creation and distribution of ebooks. Project gutenberg offers other cool and helpful options. The site hosts free ebooks or e texts which are in the public domain in australia. Project gutenberg online book catalog project gutenberg project gutenberg s online catalog of over 25,000 electronic books. The arabian nights entertainments, selected and edited by andrew lang arabn11.
Love letters between a nobleman and his sister, second part 1685, and the amours of philander and silvia 1687. Project gutenberg ebook statistics project gutenberg news. Oroonoko etext contains the full text of oroonoko by aphra behn. Behn worked for charles ii as a spy during the outset of the second dutch war. Goodreads members voted oroonoko into the following lists. Oroonoko s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his english captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. In 2002, distributed proofreaders became an official pg site. In oroonoko behn gives herself the position of narrator and her first. Aphra behn was an english playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the restoration. Inspired by aphra behns visit to surinam, oroonoko reflects the authors romantic views of native peoples as being in the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin. To create this article, 10 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it. Project gutenberg began in 1971 by michael hart as a community project to make plain text versions of books available freely to all. All her plays are noted for their broad, bawdy humor.
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Read by elizabeth klett aphra behn was the first woman writer in england to make a living by her pen, and her novel oroonoko was the first work published in english to express sympathy for african slaves. The story of a noble slave and his tragic love, as mentioned earlier, may. A history of the great war six volumes the british campaign in france and flanders v1. Aphra behn project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Oroonoko is the most wellknown work of aphra behn, the first woman to make a living from writing, and is hailed as one of the first novels. Or, the modern prometheus by mary wollstonecraft shelley 399 uncle toms cabin by harriet beecher stowe 392. Feb 18, 2014 pernod ricard and the breakthrough innovation group big proudly present the gutenberg project.
The worlds greatest books project gutenberg australia. The captain invites oroonoko aboard his ship for a banquet, along with at least onehundred other guests. Everything from project gutenberg is gratis, libre, and completely without cost to readers. Being a ghost story of christmas by charles dickens 401 frankenstein. January 2007 project gutenberg of australia ebooks are created from printed editions which are in the public domain in australia, unless a. Jun 27, 2006 oroonoko is a short work of prose fiction by aphra behn 16401689, published in 1688, concerning the love of its hero, an enslaved african in surinam in the 1660s, and the authors own experiences in the new south american colony. Addisons spectator is one of the most interesting books in the english language. Elizabeth griffith included oroonoko in her three volume collection of novels selected and revised. Oroonoko coming from the wars which were now ended, after he had made his court to his grandfather he thought in honor he ought to make a visit to imoinda, the daughter of his fosterfather, the dead general. Oroonoko ebook by aphra behn 9781420901672 rakuten kobo. Crime and mystery, project gutenberg australia, free ebooks, e book, e books, etext, etexts, text, texts, book, books, ebook, ebooks.
Project gutenberg is a volunteerrun digital archive that contains over 45,000 free ebooks in various formats. Despite her success as a playwright, however, her best literary achievement can be found in her novels. Behns story of oroonoko, an african man who starts out as a prince and ends his life as a slave. These two 1864 books were quite successful, quickly going through several printings. View project gutenberg web page and start viewing ebooks for free. Index of project gutenberg works on black history by various 429 siddhartha by hermann hesse 424 wuthering heights by emily bronte 406 a christmas carol in prose. If you find project gutenberg useful, please consider a small donation, to help project gutenberg digitize more books, maintain its online presence, and improve project gutenberg programs and offerings. The project gutenberg collection is available from dozens of sites offering access via. Biography of aphra behn project continua is a webbased. Read oroonoko by aphra behn available from rakuten kobo. Electronic books, also called ebooks, are just like regular books. Check out the epub and kindle versions of some of our most popular ebooks, courtesy of epub ebook editions. This ebook is a short novel by aphra behn 16401689, published in 1688, concerning the love of its hero, an enslaved african in surinam in the 1660s, and the authors own experiences in.
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