Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe

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Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe

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Part of World's Classics S series

Summary

Compared to "Robinson Crusoe", "Moll Flanders" and "Roxana", this novel of ideas has been viewed as one of Defoe's minor works. Today's critical climate allows a much fuller appreciation of a book which combines an adventure story and travel narrative with an exploration of society.

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Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe

Abducted as a child and forced to sea at the age of 12, Bob Singleton loses the fortune he made crossing Africa on foot, only to make a greater one as a pirate, before his realisation that he is `a Thief, a Pirate, a Murtherer, and ought to be hanged' sets him on the road to salvation in the company of one of Defoe's most memorable characters, William the Quaker. At once an adventure story, travel narrative, and view of eighteenth century society through the eyes of one of its outcasts, Captain Singleton is no longer considered one of Defoe's minor works, but an outstanding novel of ideas.

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SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780192822000
ISBN 10 0192822004
Title Captain Singleton
Author Daniel Defoe
Series World's Classics S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1990-04-05
Number of pages 306
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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