Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta
An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrativerecounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrativeis a work of enduring literary and historical value.
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By:
Olaudah Equiano
Notes by:
Vincent Carrett
Introduction by:
Vincent Carrett
Edited by:
Vincent Carrett
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 128mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 309g
ISBN: 9780142437162
ISBN 10: 0142437166
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 27 May 2003
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Vincent Carretta A Note on the Text Acknowledgments A Note on Money Suggestions for Further Reading The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself Explanatory and Textual Notes Appendix A: The Frontispieces and Title Pages of the First London (1789) and New York (1791) Editions Appendix B: A Note on the Illustrations Appendix C: List of Subscribers to the First Edition Appendix D: List of Subscribers to the New York Edition Appendix E: Correspondence of Gustavus Vassa, or Olaudah Equiano, Not Published in The Interesting Narrative Appendix F: The Will and Codicil of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano)
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) was a former slave who became an outspoken opponent of the slave trade. Vincent Carretta is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of the Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley, Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, and Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of SLavery and Other Writingsby Ottobah Cugoano.
