Slave Ship (1936)
H. B. Drake
Mid-century SF and pulp novels from Beacon Books, scanned by gnv64 as a
group of 53 Erotic Novels, OCRed to make them searchable.
It
must be offensively awful. A sleaze novel about slavery? With a focus
on the harrowing middle passage that killed millions? But surprise—H.B.
Drake's Slave Ship isn't sleaze. Though the uncredited front
cover art suggests it, and the rear cover blurb says, “She used all the
darkest arts of Africa to win the white sailor,” what you actually get
here is an attempt at real literature in a Conradian vein, well written,
even if the only true concern on display is for said white sailor. Slave Ship was
originally written in 1936, which strikes us as a bit late for a tale
with such a narrow emotional focus, but good prose counts for something.
Despite the book's inadequate helping of empathy for the enslaved,
descriptions of the trade will send shivers through your body.
Particularly vivid is the bit describing slaves kept below decks in heat
and filth for days at a time, chained together on their left sides,
with knees drawn up to accommodate the knees of the man behind, three
hundred of them, lamenting their terrible fortune at white devils having
targeted their coast. But of course Drake is more concerned with his
hero, as bad luck befalls the endeavor and everything that can go wrong
does, including incompetence, disease, British anti-slavers, and more.
group of 53 Erotic Novels, OCRed to make them searchable.
It
must be offensively awful. A sleaze novel about slavery? With a focus
on the harrowing middle passage that killed millions? But surprise—H.B.
Drake's Slave Ship isn't sleaze. Though the uncredited front
cover art suggests it, and the rear cover blurb says, “She used all the
darkest arts of Africa to win the white sailor,” what you actually get
here is an attempt at real literature in a Conradian vein, well written,
even if the only true concern on display is for said white sailor. Slave Ship was
originally written in 1936, which strikes us as a bit late for a tale
with such a narrow emotional focus, but good prose counts for something.
Despite the book's inadequate helping of empathy for the enslaved,
descriptions of the trade will send shivers through your body.
Particularly vivid is the bit describing slaves kept below decks in heat
and filth for days at a time, chained together on their left sides,
with knees drawn up to accommodate the knees of the man behind, three
hundred of them, lamenting their terrible fortune at white devils having
targeted their coast. But of course Drake is more concerned with his
hero, as bad luck befalls the endeavor and everything that can go wrong
does, including incompetence, disease, British anti-slavers, and more.
عام:
1936
الناشر:
Beacon Books
اللغة:
english
سلسلة الكتب:
53 Erotic Novels
ملف:
PDF, 60.84 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1936
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