Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works (Penguin Classics)

When Prince Oroonokoâ€™s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonokoâ€™s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behnâ€™s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the authorâ€™s romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples â€˜in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sinâ€™. The novel also reveals Behnâ€™s ambiguous attitude to African slavery â€“ while she favoured it as a means to strengthen Englandâ€™s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.

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