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The English Novel: Introduction
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The English Novel: IntroductionWritten by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.
  • Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce.
  • Distils the essentials of the theory of the novel.
 
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The Companion to Daniel Defoe
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The Companion to Daniel DefoeThe Companion to Daniel Defoe

 Leading scholars discuss key issues in Defoe's novels

 
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Very Different, But Much the Same: The Evolution of English Society Since 1714
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Very Different, But Much the Same: The Evolution of English Society Since 1714

Very Different, but Much the Same takes as its starting point the distribution of political, ideological, and economic power between English society's constituent roles from the time when Daniel Defoe was writing Robinson Crusoe, and argues that Defoe would find it remarkably similar three centuries later despite all the changes in technology, lifestyles, amenities, beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values by which he would no doubt be astonished.
 
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Travel Writing 1700-1830: An Anthology
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Travel Writing 1700-1830: An Anthology

By the end of the eighteenth century, British travelers had fanned out to every corner of the world, driven by widely varying motives: scientific curiosity, commerce, colonization, diplomacy, exploration, and tourism. In letters, journals, and books, travelers wrote first-hand of exotic lands and beautiful scenery, and of encounters with strange peoples and wildlife. This anthology brings together the best writing from authors such as Daniel Defoe, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olaudah Equiano, Mungo Park, Maria Nugent and many others, to provide a comprehensive selection from this emerging literary genre.
 
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Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe unabridged audiobook
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Daniel Defoe: Robinson crusoe unabridged audiobookDaniel Defoe: Robinson crusoe unabridged audiobook

Widely regarded as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is one of
the most popular and influential adventure stories of all time. This classic tale of shipwreck and survival on an uninhabited island was an instant success
when first published in 1719, and it has inspired countless imitations.
 
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