He falls in love with local beauty, Imoinda, but she has caught the eye of his grandfather too, who makes her part of his harem. "Shall we render Obedience to such a degenerate Race.Will you, I say, suffer the Lash from such Hands?", February 11, 2015This review is from: Oroonoko (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)As one of the earliest novels in English, it's interesting to see what fiction was like in the 1680s.This is the tale of Prince Orinooko, only surviving grandson of the rather despotic 100-year old king of 'Coramantien' in Africa.
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