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The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins - Volume 2

Robert Paltock

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. . .ended another to him; who, eating it, they all fell to without further scruple, above all things commending the salt as what they had never tasted the like of before, though they thought they had both of the fish and fowl.

I then told them where my supply of water came from, and that they must furnish themselves with that by their own men.

Upon the return of my father and sister, the gripsack sounded for dinner; when four officers on duty entering, desired, as their posts, to have the serving up of the dishes. One of them I perceived, having set on the first dish, never stirred from behind Pendlehamby; but upon his least word or sign, ordered the others what to do or bring, which he only presented to my father; and he frequently gave him a piece from his own plate; but the other officers served at the table promiscuously.

After dinner I bro. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Utterly brilliant!

A riveting story, well written, dated only by the somewhat archaic English language in use, however eminantly readable.
A dictionary to hand helps if you want wording exactitudes; everything you read you can easily intuit the meaning where old fashioned words lie, without ever actua

If you read Robinson Crusoe and thought, "Man, this would be better with a naked woman who could fly" than Peter Wilkins is your man. Published mere decades after Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, the lone contemporary reviewer who tackled this work considered it a baffling combination of the

Truly fascinating. It would be a delight to read it as part of a series of early utopian novels. I was grateful for the introduction and notes, but I'm still quite curious about Paltock's own history.