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Oroonoko, The Royal Slave. E-book. Formato EPUB Aphra Behn - Books On Demand, 2019 -
I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poet's pleasure; nor in relating the truth, design to adorn it with any accidents but such as arrived in earnest to him: and it shall come simply into the world, recommended by its own proper merits and natural intrigues; there being enough of reality to support it, and to render it diverting, without the addition of invention.I was myself an eye-witness to a great part of what you will find here set down; and what I could not be witness of, I received from the mouth of the chief actor in this history, the hero himself, who gave us the whole transactions of his youth: and though I shall omit, for brevity's sake, a thousand little accidents of his life, which, however pleasant to us, where history was scarce and adventures very rare, yet might prove tedious and heavy to my reader, in a world where he finds diversions for every minute, new and strange. But we who were perfectly charmed with the character of this great man were curious to gather every circumstance of his life.
Oroonoko - kuninkaallisen orjan tarina. E-book. Formato EPUB Aphra Behn - Books On Demand, 2018 -
Vuonna 1688 ilmestynyt romaani Oroonoko - kuninkaallisen orjan tarina on traaginen kertomus afrikkalaisesta nuorukaisesta, joka päätyy orjaksi Surinamiin. Oroonoko avioituu rakastettunsa Imoindan kanssa, mutta kahden orjan liitto on tuhoon tuomittu. Tarina on samaan aikaan romanttisen tunteikas ja hämmästyttävän väkivaltainen. Englantilainen Aphra Behn (1640-1689) oli ensimmäisiä ammattimaisia naiskirjailijoita. Virginia Woolfin mukaan juuri Behn oli taistellut naisille oikeuden kirjoittaa. Behn vietti nuoruutensa Etelä-Amerikassa ja ammensi näistä kokemuksista virikkeitä romaaniinsa. Oroonoko on länsimaisen kirjallisuuden klassikoita ja ilmestyy nyt ensi kertaa suomeksi Artemis Kelosaaren kääntämänä.
Oroonoko, The Royal Slave. E-book. Formato EPUB Aphra Behn - Books On Demand, 2018 -
I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poet's pleasure; nor in relating the truth, design to adorn it with any accidents but such as arrived in earnest to him: and it shall come simply into the world, recommended by its own proper merits and natural intrigues; there being enough of reality to support it, and to render it diverting, without the addition of invention.I was myself an eye-witness to a great part of what you will find here set down; and what I could not be witness of, I received from the mouth of the chief actor in this history, the hero himself, who gave us the whole transactions of his youth: and though I shall omit, for brevity's sake, a thousand little accidents of his life, which, however pleasant to us, where history was scarce and adventures very rare, yet might prove tedious and heavy to my reader, in a world where he finds diversions for every minute, new and strange. But we who were perfectly charmed with the character of this great man were curious to gather every circumstance of his life.