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050 4 a| PQ2235.D65b| O813 1994;

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100 1 a| Duras, Claire de Durfort,c| duchesse de,d| 1777-1828.;

240 10 a| Ourika.l| English;

245 10 a| Ourika :b| an English translation /c| Claire de Duras ; translated and with a foreword by John Fowles ; introduction by Joan DeJean and Margaret Waller.;

300 a| xxxiii, 47 pages ;c| 22 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Texts and translations. Translations ;;

520 a| In the 18th Century, an African girl is rescued from slavery and raised in an aristocratic family in France. One day she overhears nasty comments on her skin color thus becoming conscious for the first time of her race. This turns her life upside down, until she meets a doctor who convinces her to accept herself as she is. The narrator is the girl.;

650 0 a| Women, Blackz| Francev| Fiction.;

650 0 a| Africansz| Francev| Fiction.;

651 0 a| Francex| Race relationsy| 19th centuryv| Fiction.;

700 1 a| Fowles, John,d| 1926-2005.;

830 0 a| Texts and translations.p| Translations.;

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Ourika : an English translation / Claire de Duras ; translated and with a foreword by John Fowles ; introduction by Joan DeJean and Margaret Waller.

Author/creator	Duras, Claire de Durfort
Other author	Fowles, John, 1926-2005.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Modern Language Association of America, ©1994.
Description	xxxiii, 47 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Women, Black--France. --Fiction. Africans--France. --Fiction. France--Race relations. --19th century. --Fiction.

Uniform title	Ourika. English
Series	Texts and translations. Translations ; Texts and translations. Translations.
Abstract	In the 18th Century, an African girl is rescued from slavery and raised in an aristocratic family in France. One day she overhears nasty comments on her skin color thus becoming conscious for the first time of her race. This turns her life upside down, until she meets a doctor who convinces her to accept herself as she is. The narrator is the girl.
Local note	Little-324353--305131023614T
LCCN	94036092
ISBN	0873527801 (pbk. : recycled paper)

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