Robinson Crusoe

300 years of ‘The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’

23 April 2019
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Rare Book Collection

Daniel Defoe’s castaway tale, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, was first published 300 years ago on 25th April 1719, Defoe’s debut… Read More »300 years of ‘The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’

Reading the Collections, Week 19: Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

11 June 2015
Rare Book Collection, Reading the Collections

Despite being a keen detective fiction fan, until recently I had never read any of the works of Wilkie Collins: Victorian author and early pioneer… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 19: Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

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