Miralda: La Petite Négresse ou Le Rossignol Noir de la Havane. D’après l’allemand de Herchenbach.

The Nightingale of Havana…

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First published in 1857, this 19th-century tale follows Miralda, a 12-year-old Cuban girl of mixed racial identity who sings to earn money for her father’s freedom, gaining fame for her beautiful voice.

Hailed as the “Black Nightingale of Havana,” Miralda unwittingly becomes involved in an uprising against Spanish colonial rule. When the rebellion fails, she faces execution but is pardoned at the last moment.

Miralda is believed to have led William Wells Brown to change Clotel, the eponymous heroine of his first novel, to Isabella in the second version, retitled as Miralda; or The Beautiful Quadroon…

Price: $250.00