Oroonoko

Devastatingly and Horribly Beautiful Oroonoko start als een leuke Antieke Roman, twee prachtige mensen van nobele afkomst, uit een land hier ver vandaan, totaal verliefd! Een kwade koning die hen hindert en als slaven verkoopt, maar een happy end in zicht bij hun reünie. Allemaal nog perfect passend......more

I wish I could give this book 3 and a half stars. I can't fault the editor, who included some useful footnotes and other bits of information, and the book itself is tidily presented in adorable, portable form, with a pleasing font, carefully maintaining Behn's sixteenth century orthography in all it......more

This is the story of the African prince Ooronoko who pines for Imoinda, the daughter of a general from the same African kingdom. Sadly, Ooronoko's father is enamored with Imoinda too, and hearing about his son's infatuation, the king sells Imoinda as a slave, as Ooronoko is treacherously captured an......more

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This is an edition that includes a variety of works by Aphra Behn, both prose and poetry. Prose-wise, I mainly enjoyed Oroonoko and The History of the Nun, and the concept of the latter's plot was surprisingly similar to some current best-sellers (though it would be a spoiler to give it away). The p......more