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Author: Daniel Defoe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 With new introduction by Cynthia Wall, chronology further reading, glossary, and explanatory notes. In 1665 the plague swept through...

This comprehensive and authoritative edition of the correspondence of Daniel Defoe situates each letter in its biographical, literary, and historical contexts. A unique source for a turbulent period of British...

Solitude Was Driving Him Nuts! One man's love of the sea leaves him stranded on a desert island with nothing but a few goats, a bible and a parrot for...

Author: Daniel DefoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing LondonCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe picaresque novel The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders chronicles the tumultuous life of its eponymous...

Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and...

Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in...

The true story of Daniel Defoe and the dirty tricks which helped bring Scotland into union with England In 1706, Edinburgh was on the brink of a popular uprising. Men...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis novel follows the life of Moll Flanders, a woman born in a Newgate prison who navigates the challenges of...

With new introduction by Cynthia Wall, chronology further reading, glossary, and explanatory notes. In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacket.Few novels have captured the raw drama of human survival quite...

Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as...

Author: Daniel DefoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing LondonCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis classic picaresque novel chronicles the tumultuous life of a woman navigating the unforgiving social landscape of 17th-century England....

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far from any shipping routes. At first he is in despair, but slowly, with patience and...

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Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, and its success was so enormous that by the end of the nineteenth century...

The book titled The Complete English Tradesman by the author Daniel Defoe. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An extraordinarily ambitious, surprising and enjoyable book, the first of two volumes, celebrating the British short story This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and...

Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal...

Author: Daniel DefoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic picaresque novel chronicles the tumultuous life of a woman navigating the unforgiving social landscape of 17th-century England. From...

Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLondon, 1665: the streets fall silent, the death carts rumble through the night, and a city gripped by...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew works capture the living pulse of a nation with the precision and passion of Daniel Defoe's A Tour through the Whole Island of...

Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in...

As Moll Flanders struggles for survival amid the harsh social realities of seventeenth-century England, there is but one snare she is determined to avoid - the deadly snare of poverty....

Complete and unabridged editions of the world's most popular and enduring titles. Highly collectable with quality hardback and modern covers, this is an attractive series of classic literature. AGES: 8...

The novel follows the life of its eponymous heroine, Moll Flanders, through its many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis classic picaresque novel chronicles the tumultuous life of a woman navigating the unforgiving social landscape of 17th-century England. From her birth...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of early English fiction, The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jack chronicles the...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this thrilling edition...

As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee's major works, this second instalment of four titles - with introductions from top emerging and established writers - will win over...

Author: Virginia WoolfFormat: Paperback, 111mm x 178mm, 160g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The only advice, indeed,...

This extended study of the treatment of the physical, material nature of the human body in the works of Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe examines the role that literary invention...

In the seventeenth century antiquarianism was a well-respected profession and antiquarian works were in demand, particularly amongst the gentry, who were especially interested in establishing lineage and the descent of...

The British links with St Petersburg date back to the very year of its foundation and have continued almost unbroken to the present day. Anthony Cross narrates the story of...

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This definitive three-volume Penguin Classics edition provides a complete and unmodernized text, presenting the History as it appeared to its early readers Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of art, identity, and moral reckoning, John Fowles's Daniel Martin chronicles the introspective journey of a successful Hollywood screenwriter who, confronted...

A rich and often fantastical travel narrative from the 14th Century, combining geography and natural history with romance and marvels Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sweeping literary novel of self-examination and identity, Daniel Martin chronicles the life of a successful...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA successful screenwriter returns to England and is pulled back into the tangled emotions of his past—old friendships, lost love,...

'I have nothing to declare,' Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius.' A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in...

Secondhand Penguin Classics Bargain Book Box SP2961 Twenty-one vintage Penguins: three orange-band 1950s editions (Orlando, Brave New World, The Boy Friend), Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes, both Wells, Laurie Lee, Colette,...