Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 0.7 x 9.Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Publisher: Penguin Classics (February 1, 1998) While some letters may have been abridged because of the original editor's concerns about public sensitivities, they remain a powerful testament to the injustices of racial discrimination. His thoughts on race and politics - including his criticism of British imperialism in India, the complicity of Africans in the slave trade, and the blatant racism that flourishes in his adopted homeland - will be of particular interest to twentieth-century readers. Sancho offers young men fatherly advice on their futures writes flirtatiously to young women relates the joys and sorrows of family life swaps literary jokes and comments perceptively on the issues of the day.
The literary quality and the historical importance of the letters endure, revealing a man of sensitivity, intellect, and charm, while also presenting an unusual chronicle of the times. Sancho first gained celebrity when one of his letters appeared in the novelist Laurence Sterne's Letters (1775) and, inspired by the editor's desire to show "that an untutored African may possess abilities equal to a European", two volumes of Sancho's letters were published shortly after his death. Beige brown pages"īorn on a slave ship enroute to the West Indies, orphaned by the age of two and taken to England by his owner, Ignatius Sancho rose from servitude to include among his friends noted artists, writers, actors, and prominent politicians. Slight scratch marks on cover corner edge. The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African (Penguin Classics)īy Ignatius Sancho (Author), Vincent Carretta (Author)īook Condition: "USED Collectible in very good condition.
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