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Title: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African (Modern Library Classics)
ISBN: 0375761152
Author:
Olaudah Equiano
Publicate Date: 2004-05-11
Publish: 2004-05-11
List Price: $10.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Not my favorite editon
If I could recommend a particular edition of the "Interesting Narrative," it would be the Penguin Classics revised 2003 edition. I much preferred it to this one. The Penguin edition has far more explanatory and textual notes, and it includes many letters Equiano wrote. (Which the Modern Library edition does not do.)
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2: Very enlightening.
Saw the wonderful movie Amazing Grace & this man was a part of the real history of that time & wanted to read more. Excellant transaction. Thanks
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3: its interesting
This book is not for those with a passing interest in history. This is a book about a man who was trying to change his time. He did so by sharing his life. It is really good. But it is not that easy to understand.
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4: Thoroughly enjoyed it!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It does not speak as much about slavery as I thought and speaks a lot about ship life. There is a wonderful chapter on his faith. I recommend this book to those who desire to know about life during the late 1700's especially for a black man.
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5: Somewhat interesting might be more accurate...
I can't help but think there's some bit of embellishing on the part of Equiano here, which calls the veracity of everything into question.
As a semi-fictional account of a freed slave at that point in history, it's an interesting book, I suppose.
There are probably more interesting and inspiring books related to Olaudah, Wilburforce, and the entire Abolitionist movement, although after reading this and a sub-average book on William Wilburforce, I lost steam on the topic.
Get yourself a DVD of Amazing Grace, accept it at face value, and don't slog through Equiano's work in a tedious exercise of cross-checking facts, that quite frankly makes you look terribly pedantic, fella.
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