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Caryl Phillips
ISBN: 9780099520566
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
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Tells 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 who is now struggling to maintain his dignity.
"Cambridge" 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.
| ISBN | 0099520567 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9780099520566
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 140 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Publication date | 01 May 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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