The Noble Slaves

This is the first ever critical edition of Penelope Aubin’s The Noble Slaves, a novel that shows women as both moral exemplars and independent adventurers in foreign lands. Its tales of seduction, imprisonment, and escape engage with contemporary debates about arbitrary authority and slavery—particularly in relation to the lives of women. In one brief and fast—paced novel, Aubin brings together the aristocratic romance and the world of trade with the themes of empire and colonialism. Someti...