Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African by Olaudah Equiano, Paul Geoffrey Edwards

Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African

Olaudah Equiano, Paul Geoffrey Edwards

190 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history adventurous reflective slow-paced

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An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, and a precursor to the famous nineteenth-century slave narratives, Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the Britis...

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Moods

informative 77%
reflective 70%
dark 62%
emotional 55%
adventurous 48%
challenging 48%
sad 37%
inspiring 29%
tense 14%
hopeful 11%

Pace

slow 69%
medium 26%
fast 3%

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