Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume I (Esprios Classics)

Download or read book Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume I (Esprios Classics) written by Robert Paltock and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Paltock (1697- March 20, 1767) was an English novelist and attorney. His most famous work is The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1751). He became an attorney and lived for some time in Clement's Inn. He then moved, before 1759, to Back Lane, Lambeth. He married Anna Skinner, through whom his son, also named Robert, inherited a small property at Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset. The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins is somewhat on the same plan as Robinson Crusoe, the special feature being the gawry, or flying woman, whom hero discovered on his island, and married. John W. Cousin, author of A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.