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A vivid love story and adventure tale, Oroonoko is a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty in one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into slavery in Surinam, where he is reduced to chains, fetters, and shackles. But his high spirit and admirable character will not be suppressed.

Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, is madly in love with Imoinda, the daughter of the king's general. When the king - who is also in love with Imoinda - catches wind of their affair, he sells Imoinda as a slave. This betrayal sets off a chain of events that carries unforeseen consequences for everybody involved. Aphra Behn's Oroonoko has been hailed as one of the first great English novels and remains a classic of historical fiction.

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Que tal ler mais mulheres? A provocação da escritora inglesa Joanna Walsh inspirou Juliana Gomes a criar, com as amigas Juliana Leuenroth e Michelle Henriques, o Leia Mulheres em São Paulo. Mediadoras que assumiram para si a missão de promover clubes em suas cidades também escrevem. O texto passa pelo humor, pela tragédia, pela melancolia, pelo afrofuturismo, pelo suspense, pelo terror. As vozes das mulheres são múltiplas, com diversidade de origens e temas. E vêm com a potência de quem tem muito a dizer.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860 - 1935), gained much of her fame with lectures on women's issues, ethics, labor, human rights, and social reform. She often referred to these themes in her fiction. She is best remembered for her 1892 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which was based on her own bout with severe depression and misguided medical treatment.