- EAN13
- 9782385821296
- Éditeur
- Quick Read
- Date de publication
- 16/02/2024
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Quick Read edition
Quick Read, Frederick Douglass
Quick Read
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Aide EAN13 : 9782385821296
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Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 4 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 10 minutes
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise
on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick
Douglass. It is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of
literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the
United States. The text describes the events of his life as a slave and his
ambition to become a free man. Douglass details the cruel interaction that
occurs between slaves and slaveholders, as well as how slaves are supposed to
behave in the presence of their masters. He also discusses his new mistress,
Mrs. Sophia Auld, who begins as a very kind woman but eventually turns cruel.
Douglass learns the alphabet and how to spell small words from this woman, but
her husband, Mr. Auld, disapproves and states that if slaves could read, they
would not be fit to be slaves. Douglass eventually gains an understanding of
the word abolition and develops the idea to run away to the North. He also
learns how to write and how to read well. The publication of Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass opened several doors, not only for Douglass's
ambitious work, but also for the anti-slavery movement of that time.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 4 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 10 minutes
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise
on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick
Douglass. It is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of
literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the
United States. The text describes the events of his life as a slave and his
ambition to become a free man. Douglass details the cruel interaction that
occurs between slaves and slaveholders, as well as how slaves are supposed to
behave in the presence of their masters. He also discusses his new mistress,
Mrs. Sophia Auld, who begins as a very kind woman but eventually turns cruel.
Douglass learns the alphabet and how to spell small words from this woman, but
her husband, Mr. Auld, disapproves and states that if slaves could read, they
would not be fit to be slaves. Douglass eventually gains an understanding of
the word abolition and develops the idea to run away to the North. He also
learns how to write and how to read well. The publication of Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass opened several doors, not only for Douglass's
ambitious work, but also for the anti-slavery movement of that time.
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