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Cambridge

Caryl Phillips

1992183 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Knopf · 183 pages · ENGISBN 9780679405320
  • 1992Knopf · 192 pagesISBN 9780330322461
  • 1993Vintage Books · 183 pages · ENGISBN 9780679736899
  • 2009Random House Group Limited · ENGISBN 9781409079859
  • 1993Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417718627
  • 2001Faber & Faber Ltd · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780571204076

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.

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ThemesJustice

Content notes

  • Racismmoderateunreviewed
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