The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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Olaudah Equiano Shelly Eversley

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

Olaudah Equiano, Shelly Eversley, Robert Reid-Pharr

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English

Modern Library
15 May 2004

Biography: general; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Slavery & abolition of slavery

Series: Modern Library Classics

This important 18th century slave narrative could be described as the British version of Frederick Douglass's My Bondage and My Freedom. Our unique features include an Introduction by Professor Robert Reid-Pharr, and newly commissioned endnotes.

Edited and with Notes by Shelly Eversley Introduction by Robert Reid-Pharr

In this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative ""is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling combination of skill, cunning, and plain good luck that allowed him to win his freedom, write his story, and gain international prominence,"" writes Robert Reid-Pharr in his Introduction. ""He alerts us to the very concerns that trouble modern intellectuals, black, white, and otherwise, on both sides of the Atlantic.""

The text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive ninth edition of 1794, reflecting the author's final changes to his masterwork.

By: Olaudah Equiano
Introduction by: Robert Reid-Pharr
Edited by: Shelly Eversley
Imprint: Modern Library
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780375761157
ISBN 10: 0375761152
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 May 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

Equiano's Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative. --Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Equiano s Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Equiano's Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative. -Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Equiano' s Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Equiano's Narrative was so richly structured that it became the prototype of the nineteenth-century slave narrative. --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.