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Stuart Campbell
Daniel Defoe’s Railway Journey [EPUB ebook]
A Surreal Odyssey Through Modern Britain

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Daniel Defoe’s Railway Journey describes the odyssey undertaken by two eccentric pensioners as they travel on every mile of railway track in the UK. Surreal and poignant by turns, Stuart Campbell describes the people they meet and the unwanted adventures that befall them. He is aided and abetted by the ghost of Daniel Defoe, writer, soldier, businessman and spy who completed his own journey in the 1720s.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9781910985717 ● File size 1.4 MB ● Publisher Sandstone Press ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5498403 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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