| The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author), Garnett, Edward (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 159224713X ISBN-13: 9781592247134 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sea Stories - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.3" W x 9.52" (1.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CAPTAIN SINGLETON recounts the tale of Bob Singleton, a man who goes to sea at the age of twelve, makes a fortune, loses it, and makes another as a pirate before he ultimately reforms. Defoe here offers a searching exploration of society from the point of view of its outcasts. Originally was published in 1720, a year after ROBINSON CRUSOE, when Daniel Defoe was fifty-nine, CAPTAIN SINGLETON is an absorbing and delightful tale. Twenty years before had seen THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN and THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS; and we are told that from "June 1687 to almost the very week of his death in 1731 a stream of controversial books and pamphlets poured from his pen commenting upon and marking every important passing event." The fecundity of Defoe as a journalist alone surpasses that of any great journalist we can name, and we may add that the style of CAPTAIN SINGLETON, like that of ROBINSON CRUSOE, is so perfect that there is not a single ineffective passage, or indeed a weak sentence, to be found in the book. |
Contributor Bio(s): Defoe, Daniel: - "Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularize the form in Britain with others such as Samuel Richardson and is among the founders of the English novel. He was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than five hundred books, pamphlets and journals on various topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism." |