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Book SynopsisBorn to a petty thief in London’s notorious Newgate prison and determined to make her way in a rapacious and materialistic society, Moll Flanders recounts the “fortunes and misfortunes” of her turbulent life in this 1722 novel. Though Moll Flanders was shaped by the conventions of criminal biography, Defoe also drew on other literary traditions and his own rich background to create a remarkably original—and still controversial—work. In addition to a critical introduction and substantial footnotes, this Broadview edition provides a wide range of writings by Defoe as well as contemporary responses to Moll Flanders. Other appendices include a selection of eighteenth-century writings on crime, prisons, and the Virginia colony.Trade Review“With this new edition of Moll Flanders, instructors are at last well-equipped to teach Defoe’s challenging and enigmatic novel. Scanlon has carefully edited and helpfully annotated the most authoritative text of Moll and supplied readers with a wealth of contemporary texts, including Defoe’s comments on women’s roles in urban life, that illuminate the complex cultural context into which Defoe launched his novel. These glimpses of Defoe’s other writings in combination with excerpts from literary contemporaries give students and general readers an unprecedentedly rich context in which to understand Moll Flanders.” — Melissa Mowry, St. John’s University, New YorkTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionDaniel Defoe: A Brief ChronologyDefoe’s Times: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextMoll FlandersAppendix A: Related Writings by Defoe From An Essay upon Projects (1697) From the Review (19 February 1704-11 June 1713) From Applebee’s Journal (25 June 1720-14 May 1726) From Colonel Jack (1722) From Roxana (1724) From A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-27) From Conjugal Lewdness; Or, Matrimonial Whoredom (1727) From An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions (1727) From Street-Robberies, Consider’d [1728] Appendix B: Related Works by Other Writers From Hell Upon Earth (1703) Paul Lorrain, The Ordinary of Newgate (1709) From A Discourse and View of Virginia [1712] From Alexander Smith, The History of the Lives, of the MostNoted Highway-Men (1714) From The History of the Press-Yard (1717) Jonathan Swift, The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Elliston (1722) From An Essay in Praise of Knavery (1723) From T. Read, The Life and Actions of Moll Flanders [c. 1723] From An Accurate Description of Newgate (1724) From The Matchless Rogue (1725) Appendix C: Defoe and Moll Flanders: Eighteenth-Century Views From The True-Born Hugonot, &c.A Satyr (1703) From Jonathan Swift, A Letter Concerning the Sacramental Test (1709) From Jonathan Swift, the Examiner (16 November 1710) From John Gay, The Present State of Wit (1711) From Joseph Addison, The Late Trial and Conviction of Count Tariff (1713) From Charles Gildon, Preface to The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr. D.… De F.… (1719) From Giles Jacob, The Poetical Register (1723) From the Preface to An Essay in Praise of Knavery (1723) From The Flying Post (1 March 1729) From Alexander Pope, The Dunciad Variorum (1729) From Richard Savage (?), An Author to be Lett (1729) From the Grub-street Journal (29 April 1731) From Read’s Weekly Journal (1 May 1731) From a Conversation with Alexander Pope (1742) From Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets (1753) From the Monthly Review (March 1775) From James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1778) From George Chalmers, The Life of Defoe (1786) From the Monthly Review (December 1787) From the Monthly Review (December 1790) Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDaniel Defoe''s great masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design''I walk''d about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ... reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown''d, and that there should not be one soul sav''d but my self ... ''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 the power and originality of Defoe''s famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, tweTrade ReviewRobinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence -- Simon Armitage

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Book SynopsisRobinson 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 it had spawned more translations and versions than any other previous English book. An everyman character who has become part of our cultural heritage, Defoe's castaway - shipwrecked, imperilled and facing a host of elemental challenges - lives an archetypal life of survival, adventure and personal development. On one level a simple adventure story, while at the same time an allegory, a quest novel and a spiritual autoEdition Biography, Robinson Crusoe has captured the imagination of readers for nearly three centuries.

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Book SynopsisThe original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday', and fights off cannibals and mutineers. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man', or as a moral fable. But above all is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. For more than seventyTrade Review“Beyond the end of Robinson Crusoe is a new world of fiction. Even though it did not know itself to be a ‘novel,’ and even though there were books that we might now call ‘novels’ published before it, Robinson Crusoe has made itself into a prototype . . . Perhaps because of all the novels that we have read . . . the novelty of Defoe’s fiction is the more striking when we return to it. Here it is, at the beginning of things, with its final word reaching out into the future.” –from the Introduction by John Mullan

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Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.''It happen''d one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz''d with the Print of a Man''s naked Foot on the Shore.''Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe''s physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit. For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns to tame and master the island, until he finally comes across another human being. Considered a classic literary masterpiece, and frequently interpreted as a comment on the British Imperialist approach at the time, Defoe''s fable was and still is revered as the very first English novel.

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Book SynopsisThe Penguin English Library Edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe''I walk''d about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ... reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown''d, and that there should not be one soul sav''d but my self ... ''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 the power and originality of Defoe''s famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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Book SynopsisRobinson Crusoe is one of the most famous literary characters in history, and his story has spawned hundreds of retellings. Inspired by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who lived for several years on a Pacific island, the novel tells the story of Crusoe's survival after shipwreck on an island, interaction with the mainland's native inhabitants, and eventual rescue. Read variously as economic fable, religious allegory, or imperialist fantasy, Crusoe has never lost its appeal as one of the most compelling adventure stories of all time.In addition to an introduction and helpful notes, this Broadview Edition includes a wide range of appendices that situate Defoe's 1719 novel amidst castaway narratives, economic treatises, reports of cannibalism, explorations of solitude, and Defoe's own writings on slavery and the African trade. A final appendix presents images of Crusoe's rescue of Friday from a dozen of the most significant illustrated editions of the novel published between 1719 and 1920.Trade ReviewEvan Davis has done an excellent job of bringing together many of the strands of thought that Defoe put into The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe—his interests in travel, economics, religion, and the experience of solitude—and putting them into an attractive format. Professor Davis supplies examples of texts on related topics such as solitude, cannibalism, and castaway narratives, along with a group of wonderful illustrations, including a large number of Crusoe and Friday, showing everything from the sympathetic and helpful Crusoe to Crusoe the colonialist and exploiter. These are well chosen to make points about the ways in which Crusoe fits into the interests of post-colonial criticism. Professor Davis is also very good in his introduction on the ambiguity with which Crusoe treats Friday. Is he a friend, a servant, or a slave? Or all three? This will be a useful and indeed an exciting text for students at all levels." – Maximillian E. Novak, University of California at Los Angeles"This edition greatly enriches the reader's appreciation of Robinson Crusoe both as a classic that transcends its historical origins and as a text that reflects a specific historical context. In each role, the novel can be viewed from many perspectives, ranging from those embodied in other writings by Defoe and his contemporaries to later ideas about psychology, economics, religion, and post-colonialism, and the introduction and appendices give the reader access to an extraordinarily copious array of these perspectives. The introduction, moreover, goes well beyond compiling viewpoints: while elegantly marshaling information, Evan R. Davis also contests received opinion and offers fresh insights. This is an extremely useful edition for students, general readers, and even those already well-acquainted with Defoe." – Oscar Kenshur, Indiana University"Evan R. Davis's fine edition of Robinson Crusoe for Broadview joins an already well-populated field of classroom paperbacks of Defoe's first novel….The Broadview edition holds its own…and offers much to recommend itself. It provides everything one would want from a text for classroom use (or for reading outside the classroom, for that matter): a reliable text, annotations that are clear and sufficient without being obtrusive, and an intelligent and thoughtful editor’s introduction. Moreover, it provides a rich selection of supplementary materials, including a truly surprising number of illustrations, aimed at provoking classroom discussion or simply thoughtful reflection." - Benjamin F. Pauley, Eastern Connecticut State University, reviewed in Digital DefoeTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Daniel Defoe: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Appendix A: Daniel Defoe, Preface and Publisher’s Introduction to Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1720) Appendix B: From Charles Gildon, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr. D—— De F— (1719) Appendix C: Castaway Narratives Appendix C: Castaway Narratives Appendix E: Economic Contexts Appendix F: Defoe on Slavery and the African Trade Appendix G: Cannibalism Appendix H: Illustrations of Friday’s Rescue Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Second Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of Robinson Crusoe is based on the Shakespeare Head Press reprint of the first edition copy in the British Museum, with the "errata" listed by Defoe’s publisher, William Taylor, incorporated into the text.

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Book SynopsisShipwrecked off the coast of Trinidad, Robinson Crusoe – a young man with a thirst for adventure – finds himself washed up on a remote tropical island with nothing but a few tools and animals for company. Cast away for thirty years, he must battle cannibals, mutineers and the elements in a tale so convincing that many readers at the time believed it to be non-fiction. A true page-turner, Robinson Crusoe is one of the most enduring novels in the English language and its unique blend of extraordinary realism and brilliant drama continues to delight readers the world over.This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe features illustrations by the celebrated Victorian caricaturist George Cruikshank, and an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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Book SynopsisA prolific and versatile writer, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) produced some 500 books on a wide variety of topics, including politics, geography, crime, religion, economics, marriage, psychology and superstition. He delighted in role-playing and disguise, a skill he used to great effect as a secret agent, and in his writing he often adopted a pseudonym or another personality for rhetorical impact. He turned to fiction relatively late in life and in 1719 published his great imaginative work, Robinson Crusoe. This was followed in 1722 by Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year, and in 1724 by his last novel, Roxana. Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel and many consider him to be the first true novelist.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the legendary story of a marine adventurer shipwrecked on a desert island. Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea, he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm, and finds himself alone on a remote desert island. He remains there many years, building a life for himself in solitude, until the day he discovers another man''s footprint in the sand... Trade ReviewNever since childhood have I been so thoroughly immersed in a book -- Jim Crace * Financial Times *An 18th-century reader, raised on a high-minded diet of elegy and pastoral, must have felt stunned on first encountering the jagged prose of a Daniel Defoe, with its street-wise populism and delight in the commonplace -- Terry EagletonRobinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence -- Simon Armitage * Guardian *Defoe should surely be credited with inventing the English novel * Mail on Sunday *Defoe was an imaginative genius -- John Carey * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisFollowing the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe wrote a new fiction, the story of an English pirate whose success eclipsed every buccaneer the Atlantic world had seen. Featuring a haunted, unreliable narrator, a daring trek across the continent of Africa, and mercantile adventures in the China Seas, Captain Singleton is a tale of loneliness, brotherhood, and the lust for profit.Appendices to this Broadview Edition include materials on pirate writing, travel writing, and earlier pirate tales that may have provided models for Captain Singleton.Trade Review“Manushag Powell’s excellent edition of Captain Singleton fills a need for teachers and students of Defoe and the eighteenth-century novel, since there is no widely available edition of this important work. Powell’s introduction is informative about Defoe and about the eighteenth century’s fascination with pirates. Her copious annotation of the text is judicious; the supplementary readings of other pirate and travel narratives from the period provide very useful contexts for Defoe’s novel.” — John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania, Emeritus“Captain Singleton, while fascinating, is in many ways a bewildering text for twenty-first-century readers. Rather than attempt to tame it, Powell expertly guides us into its most perplexing and ambiguous aspects, helping us see how fictional projects depart from historical ones, even as fiction and history inform each other. By refusing to resolve the text’s ‘narrative enigmas,’ the introduction urges us toward thinking critically and imaginatively about the tale’s more challenging components. This edition presents Singleton as an opportunity to practice ways of reading that will give readers purchase on a wide array of eighteenth-century prose fictions.” — Eugenia Zuroski, McMaster University“I can think of nobody better than pirate expert Manushag Powell to edit Defoe’s ripping yarn of the adventures of Captain Bob Singleton, pirate extraordinaire. Her well-judged introduction provides generous intellectual context for new readers of this absorbing novel of global travel and international trade. The excitement and possibilities, as well as the consequences, of European expansionism are brought to readers’ attention through Powell’s inclusion in her appendices of a series of short extracts from the experiences of other eighteenth-century travellers. By using this excellent new edition, students and teachers alike will be able not only to appreciate the importance of Captain Bob within his eighteenth-century context, but also to understand his place in the history of pirate lives and literature.” — Claire Jowitt, University of East Anglia“There is copious contextual grounding in Manushag Powell’s excellent edition, with meticulously informative notes that will intrigue even the most blasé undergraduate.” — Min Wild, Times Literary Supplement“Manushag N. Powell’s carefully edited and meticulously researched edition does an outstanding job of combining interpretive lens and pedagogical glossing. … Powell’s edition will introduce generations of students to one of Defoe’s most wide-ranging adventure stories.” — Srividhya Swaminathan, Eighteenth Century FictionTable of Contents APPENDICES Appendix A: The Test-Run(?) for Singleton The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar (1719) Appendix B: Pirate Writing From The Life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English Lady (Penelope Aubin, 1723) Letter from James Aubin to Abraham Aubin, protesting his treatment by pirates (1720) Some Memoirs Concerning that Famous Pyrate Capt. Avery (1708) From The Life and Adventures of Capt. John Avery (1709) From A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724) From Daniel Defoe, A Review of the State of the British Nation (1707) Appendix C: Travel Writing From Robert Knox, An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon (1681) From Madagascar: Or, Robert Drury’s Journal (1729) From Willam Bosman, A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea (1705) From William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World (1697) From Woodes Rogers, A Cruising Voyage Round the World (1712) From Herman Moll, Atlas Geographus (1711–17)

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Book SynopsisOn the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. Eyewitnesses reported seeing cows left stranded in the branches of trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sails. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for seditious writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with the material for his first book, and in his powerful depiction of private suffering and individual survival played out against a backdrop of public calamity we can trace the outlines of his later masterpieces such as A Journal of the Plague Year and Robinson Crusoe.

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Book SynopsisOn Robinson Crusoe''s first seafaring voyage, his ship sinks in a violent storm. On his second voyage he is enslaved by pirates. When Crusoe braves the ocean after several years in Brazil, Providence leaves him as the sole survivor of a shipwreck on a deserted island. Confronted by hunger and the elements, Crusoe builds a home, grows crops, tames wild animals, and survives cannibals and mutineers by his wits and the qualities of his cultural upbringing. But while Crusoe has conquered his island, he is affected most by his isolation from civilization.Robinson Crusoe is widely regarded as the first English novel. No book in the history of Western literature had spawned more editions, spin-offs, and translations. Adaptations include The Swiss Family Robinson, the Hollywood film Cast Away, and nbc''s tv series Crusoe. The story was likely influenced by the real-life Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway in 1704 who spent four years and four months on the Pacific island Juan Fernández which was later changed to Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.This case laminate collector''s edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. 

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Book SynopsisThe Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe. The novel follows the life of the titular character, Captain Bob Singleton, who becomes a pirate after being orphaned at a young age. Singleton sets out on a series of adventures, traveling across the world and engaging in acts of piracy and privateering. Along the way, he meets a diverse group of characters and forms lasting friendships with some of his fellow pirates. Despite his criminal actions, Singleton is portrayed as a sympathetic and likable character who struggles with his conscience and questions the morality of his actions. The novel is notable for its vivid descriptions of life at sea, including the harsh realities of piracy, as well as its portrayal of Singleton as a complex and multi-faceted character. It also touches on themes such as class inequality, colonialism, and the struggle for survival in a harsh and unforgiving world. Overall, The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a thrilling and engaging novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of piracy during the 18th century.

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Book SynopsisLong dismissed by critics as a novel of merely historical interest, Colonel Jack is one of Daniel Defoe’s most entertaining, revealing, and complex works. It is the supposed autobiography of an English gentleman who begins life as a child of the London streets. He and his brothers are brought up as pickpockets and highwaymen, but Jack seeks to improve himself. Kidnapped and taken to America, he becomes first a slave, then an overseer on plantations in Maryland. Jack’s story is one of dramatic turns of fortune that ultimately lead to a life of law-abiding prosperity as a plantation owner.Historical appendices relate to eighteenth-century Virginia and Maryland and to contemporary crime, punishment, and imprisonment.Trade Review“It is a pleasure to have an edition of Defoe’s Colonel Jack available for use in the classroom. As the editors, Gabriel Cervantes and Geoffrey Sill, remark, there has been no edition of this novel available for decades. The introduction is a remarkable piece of original scholarship and criticism. The discussion of Jack’s shifting concept of identity suggests Defoe’s original approach to this subject; the comparison between Jack and the later slave, Frederick Douglas frames a rich discussion about the nature of servitude at the time; and the interesting reading of the illustrations later appended to Defoe’s narrative as a way into discussing Jack’s criminal boyhood and later repentance & all provide suggestive openings into Defoe’s work both for university students who may encounter it in a class and for the general reader. Professors Cervantes and Sill also provide an appendix with fascinating documents throwing light on the nature of transporting criminals to the North American colonies and critical assessments of Colonel Jack. They rightfully lament the neglect of this work and contribute to what will surely be a revival of critical interest in one of Defoe’s best fictional narratives.” — Maximillian E. Novak, UCLA“Jack cuts a wider swath across the social and political geography of his times than any of Defoe’s other protagonists. Abandoned at birth, he rises from homeless London street urchin to wealthy Virginia planter. Along the way, by a ‘long series of Changes and Turns,’ he is among other things a sneak thief and robber; kidnapped into slavery; the overseer and then master of slaves; a captive, variously, of the French and the Spanish; a parvenu returned to Europe intent on fashioning himself into a gentleman; an officer in the French army and then in the service of the Pretender; a fugitive who has not once but twice taken up arms against the English crown; a merchant engaged in illicit trade with Latin America; and five times the husband of four women in England, Italy, France, and Virginia, all of whom betray him. Of labile and elusive identity, he can pass for a Frenchman among his countrymen and a Spaniard among Spaniards. This scrupulous and meticulous edition provides, with its immensely useful annotation, rich and valuable historical context for an often undervalued novel.” — Lincoln Faller, University of Michigan“Colonel Jack, the poor stepchild among the books of Defoe’s major period of fiction writing, has finally gotten the modern edition it deserves. Freshly edited and splendidly introduced by Gabriel Cervantes and Geoffrey Sill, this edition has just the right mix of contemporary writings on trade, criminality, Jacobitism, and marriage to enable modern readers to recover the rich transatlantic world that Defoe inscribes. I cannot wait to bring this edition into the classroom.” — John O’Brien, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionDaniel Defoe: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextColonel JackAppendix A: Historical and Political Contexts From George Alsop, A Character of the Province of Mary-Land (1666) From The Confession and Execution of the Prisoners at Tyburn … (1676) From William Fleetwood, A Sermon Preached before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1711) From The Jacobites Detected (1718) From An Act for the further Preventing Robbery, Burglary and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons … (1718) “Compassion on Famishing Thieves,” Applebee’s Original Weekly Journal (16 June 1722) “On the Return to England of Transported Felons,” Applebee’s Original Weekly Journal (26 January 1723) “A Plea for Charity Schools,” Applebee’s Original Weekly Journal (23 July 1723) From Batty Langley, An Accurate Description of Newgate (1724) From Daniel Defoe, Conjugal Lewdness: or, Matrimonial Whoredom (1727) Appendix B: Literary Contexts James Revel, The Poor Unhappy Transported Felon’s Sorrowful Account of His Fourteen Years Transportation at Virginia in America (c. 1659–80) From Street-Robberies, Consider’d: The Reason of their Being so Frequent (1728) Preface to the Fourth Edition of Colonel Jack (1738) “Of some our MODERNS,” London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer (February 1741) Benjamin Franklin, Notices and Editorials on Convict Transportation “London, Jan. 27,” Daily Journal (27 January 1724) “Jakes on our Tables?,” The Pennsylvania Gazette (11 April 1751) “Rattle-Snakes for Felons,” The Pennsylvania Gazette (9 May 1751) From The Fortunate Transport (c. 1750) From a Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Josiah Wedgwood(22 February 1789) Robert Southey, “Elinor” (1797) Remarks on Defoe by Charles Lamb From a Letter to Walter Wilson (16 December 1822) From “Estimate of [Defoe’s] Secondary Novels” (1830) Edward E. Hale, Preface to The Life of Colonel Jack (1891) Works Cited and Select Bibliography

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