Download or read book Oroonoko Or, the Royal Slave Illustrated written by Aphra Behn and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. It was also adapted into a play. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a relatively short novel set in a narrative frame. The narrator opens with an account of the colony of Surinam and its inhabitants. Within this is a historical tale concerning the Coramantien grandson of an African king, Prince Oroonoko. At a very young age Prince Oroonoko was trained for battle and became an expert Captain by the age of seventeen.