{"product_id":"adolphus-a-tale-anonymous-lise-winer-9789766401337","title":"Adolphus, a Tale (Anonymous) \u0026 the Slave Son: A Tale and the Slave Son","description":"The Caribbean Heritage Series is designed to publish historic re-publications of Trinidad Literary Roots and comprises four Trinidadian novels published between 1838 and 1907. This second volume in the series presents two novels, \u003ci\u003eAdolphus, a Tale and The Slave Son\u003c\/i\u003e. Adolphus was first published in 1853 and was probably written by a Trinidadian mulatto, thus making it the first Trinidadian, and possibly the first West Indian, novel written by a mulatto and the first novel written by someone born and reared in Trinidad. A dramatic nineteenth-century tale, originally published in the newspapers of the day, \u003ci\u003eAdolphus\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the adventures of a mulatto son of a black slave women raped by a white man. Raised by a kind Spanish-Trinidadian padre, Adolphus grows into a handsome, well-educated, noble character. Later falling in love with Antonia Romelia, he manages to rescue her from a villainous kidnaper and they flee to Venezuela where they are free to marry. \u003ci\u003eThe Slave Son \u003c\/i\u003ewas originally published in 1854 by Chapman and Hall, and according to the author's foreword, it was inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e and was written to support the abolitionist movement in the Unit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lise Winer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766401330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766401337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 5.58w x 1.09d","brand":"Lise Winer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46383961637119,"sku":"9789766401337","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa55b994-2354-4c8e-8ad3-2a0d706f174f.jpg?v=1733282225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adolphus-a-tale-anonymous-lise-winer-9789766401337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}