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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Book Jungle
Publication date
February 28, 2008
Pages
208
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781605971001
ISBN-10
1605971006
Dimensions
0.50 by 7.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.84 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$15.45
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Origin of Species | Frankenstein | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Up from Slavery | When I Was a Slave | The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration | Manifesto of the Communist Party | Civilization and Its Discontents | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Origin of Species | Frankenstein | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Up from Slavery | When I Was a Slave | The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration | Manifesto of the Communist Party | Civilization and Its Discontents | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrative is argued to be a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative. The book describes Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.Prior to chapter 1, Equiano writes, "An invidious falsehood having appeared in the Oracle of the 25th, and the Star of the 27th of April 1792, with a view to hurt my character, and to discredit and prevent the sale of my Narrative." Like many literary works written by black people during this time, Equiano's work was discredited as a false presentation of his slavery experience. To combat these accusations, Equiano includes a set of letters written by white people who "knew me when I first arrived in England, and could speak no language but that of Africa." In his article, Preface to Blackness: Text and Pretext[4] Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses the use of prefaces by black authors to humanize their being which in turn made their work credible. In this section of the book, Equiano includes this preface to avoid further discrediting. Other notable works with a "preface to blackness" include the poems of Phyllis Wheatley
Editions
Paperback
from Createspace Independent Pub (April 30, 2015)
9781511965620 | details & prices | 106 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $6.94
from Createspace Independent Pub (February 7, 2015)
9781508401889 | details & prices | 158 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.36 in. | List price $9.00
from Createspace Independent Pub (January 24, 2014)
9781495309489 | details & prices | 116 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.27 in. | List price $10.99
from Createspace Independent Pub (January 3, 2014)
9781494865696 | details & prices | 174 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.40 in. | 0.71 lbs | List price $10.95
About: I believe it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage under which they labour: it is also their misfortune, that what is uncommon is rarely, if ever, believed, and what is obvious we are apt to turn from with disgust, and to charge the writer with impertinence.
About: I believe it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage under which they labour: it is also their misfortune, that what is uncommon is rarely, if ever, believed, and what is obvious we are apt to turn from with disgust, and to charge the writer with impertinence.
from Coffeetown Pr (October 1, 2008)
9781603810197 | details & prices | 262 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $17.95
from Coffeetown Pr (September 30, 2008)
9781603810258 | details & prices | 340 pages | List price $15.95
The price comparison is for this edition
from Book Jungle (February 28, 2008)
9781605971001 | details & prices | 208 pages | 7.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.84 lbs | List price $15.45
About: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano.
About: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano.
from Standard Pubns Inc (January 30, 2007)
9781604248791 | details & prices | 208 pages | 7.50 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.82 lbs | List price $14.45
2 edition from Bedford/st Martins (April 7, 2006)
9780312442033 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $23.45
from Bedford/st Martins (March 1, 1995)
9780312111274 | details & prices | 5.57 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.65
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