Norton Critical Editions
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a look at how slavery stood in West Africa, the book received favorable reviews and was one of the first slave narratives to be read widely.
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The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a look at how slavery stood in West Africa, the book received favorable reviews and was one of the first slave narratives to be read widely.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales
Contains 21 stories: Ambitious Guest Artist of the Beautiful [Birth-Mark]( Celestial Railroad Drowne's Wooden Image Earth's Holocaust Endicott and the Red Cross Ethan Brand Feathertop Gentle Boy Gray Champion Haunted Mind Main-Street Man of Adamant May-Pole of Merry Mount [Minister's Black Veil]( My Kinsman, Major Molineux [Rappaccini's Daughter]( Roger Malvin's Burial Wakefield [Young Goodman Brown](
The writings of Jonathan Swift
Contains the complete texts of nearly all of the writings of Jonathan Swift along with background materials and critical essays of Swift's work by a number of notes authors.
The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings
Contains: Scarlet Letter Mrs. Hutchinson Endicott and the Red Cross [Young Goodman Brown]( Minister's Black Veil Birth-mark