Cambridge
a novel
1st American ed.
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Publication
1992 - Distributed by Random House, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
45,750 words, Guess
Page Count
183 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1567560M
- ISBN-100679405321
- OCLC Control Number24373961
- OCLC Control Numbercambridgenovel00phil_0
- Library of Congress Control Number91053127
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- 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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