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Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a short work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640-1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. It was also adapted into a play. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to British colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person account of his life, love, rebellion, and execution.

Mailand im Sommer 2020: Die sonst so lebendige Via Marghera wirkt wie ausgestorben. Nur das Café Royal ist geöffnet. Man trifft sich vorsichtig, auf Abstand – und ist doch so froh, dass menschliche Begegnungen wieder möglich sind. Auch der Schriftsteller Michele hebt den Blick vom Bildschirm, verlässt das Haus und findet Gesellschaft, die seine Fantasie entfacht. Langsam kehrt wieder Leben in das Café Royal ein. Und in die Menschen, die es besuchen.

Advised to take a day off, Holmes and Watson take a trip to the Royal Parks of Kew Gardens. But life has something else in store for them. Inside the alm house a bizarly placed body was found. The local security manager asks Holmes and Watson for their help.