Ourika: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Ourika is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Duras, Claire de Durfort, duchesse de (1777–1828).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Ourika" by Claire de Duras is a novel published in 1823. A young enslaved girl is rescued from the slave trade and raised in aristocratic Parisian society. Educated and cultured, she lives unaware of racial barriers until a devastating conversation forces her to confront how the world sees her. As she falls in love with someone beyond her reach, she must navigate a society that cannot see past her skin color. This groundbreaking work depicts the first complex black woman narrator in French literature.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Ourika
- Author credits: Duras, Claire de Durfort, duchesse de (1777–1828)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Africans -- France -- Fiction
- France -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Women, Black -- Fiction
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- Category: French Literature
- Category: Novels
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