Journal of a West India Proprietor (Oxford World's Classics) Matthew Lewis

Matthew Lewis is best remembered as the author of the sensational Gothic novel The Monk. He was also a slave-owner, inheriting two large plantations and making two visits to Jamaica to investigate the living and working conditions of his slaves. His anecdotal record, the Journal of a West India Proprietor, offers a vivid account of plantation life from the slave owner"s perspective. This edition provides full contextual background and includes Lewis" verse narrative The Isle of Devils, as well as a telling last letter and extract from his papers. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Journal of a West India Proprietor (Oxford World's Classics) (Matthew Lewis)