The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe

"The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton" by Daniel Defoe is a novel published in 1720. Kidnapped as a child and raised by gypsies, Bob Singleton finds himself marooned on Madagascar's coast. He leads a daring expedition across the uncharted African continent, facing wild beasts and gathering riches. But when his fortune runs dry, Singleton turns to piracy on the high seas—until a Quaker surgeon challenges him to reconsider his violent path and seek redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Title The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
Alternate Title The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Singleton
Credits Text file produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Sea stories
Subject Picaresque literature
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Pirates -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 6422
Release Date
Last Update Nov 3, 2019
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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