Publication

1992 - Distributed by Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

45,750 words, Guess

Page Count

183 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1980291
  • LibraryThing93315

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR9275.S263 P4727 1992

Description

Dramatic and challenging novel about freedom and prejudice by one of the most important authors of his generationCambridge is a powerful and haunting novel set in that uneasy time between the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves. It is the story of Emily Cambridge, a young woman sent from England to visit her father's West Indian plantation, and Cambridge, a plantation slave, educated and Christianised by his first master in England and now struggling to maintain his dignity.

Description

A prim and increasingly apprehensive Englishwoman observes the peculiarities and barely veiled brutality of a sugar plantation.

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  • Cambridge: a novelDistributed by Random House1992-01-01

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