The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)

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Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta

An exciting and steadily terrifying adventure story, in addition to a very powerful precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass’s autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa on 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 once in a position 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 Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the most productive works right through history and across genres and disciplines. Readers agree with the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and up to date authors, in addition to up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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