Reading The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African / Written By Himself as an Upper intermediate (B2) learner

How The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African / Written By Himself reads at B2

Read it in shorter sittings and lean on the read-along audio: hearing each sentence as you see it keeps you moving when the vocabulary gets dense, and you can tap any unfamiliar word for a definition graded to B2. Watch especially for first-person past narrative across decades of a life story.

At a glance

Key words at B2

Some of the B2-level words The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African / Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano introduces. See the full word list →

abolish/əˈbɑlɪʃ/B2

do away with

abolition/ˌæbəˈlɪʃən/B2

the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)

abound/əˈbaʊnd/B2

be abundant or plentiful

Abraham/ˈeɪbrəˌhæm/B2

the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

absent/ˈæbsənt/B2

go away or leave

abundance/əˈbəndəns/B2

the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

accord/əˈkɔrd/B2

harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

accusation/ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən/B2

a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person

ache/eɪk/B2

a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

acknowledgment/ækˈnɑlɪʤmənt/B2

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

What B2 readers can do

• Read articles and reports on contemporary issues.
• Understand contemporary literary prose.
• Follow most classics, looking up only richer or older vocabulary.