The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley (Written by David Waldstreicher)

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3901/Title: The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley Author: David Waldstreicher Narrator: Kim Staunton Format: mp3 Length: 17 hrs and 1 min Release date: 04-18-23 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 6 ratings Genres: Art & Literature Publisher's Summary: Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope and Milton, she composed elegies for local elites, celebrated political events, praised warriors, and used her verse to variously lampoon, question, and assert the injustice of her enslaved condition.