And don’t forget The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, &c. Who was born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu’d Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother) Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, and died a Penitent, Written from her own memorandums by Daniel Defoe.
Or Defoe’s classic 1720 thriller The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies of the Famous Captain Singleton: Containing an Account of his being set on Shore in the Island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a Description of the place and inhabitants: Of his Passage from Thence, in a Paraguay, to the main land of Africa, with an Account of the Customs and Manners of the People: His great Deliverances from the barbarous Natives and wild Beasts: Of his meeting with an Englishman, a Citizen of London, among the Indians, the great Riches he acquired, and his Voyage Home to England: As also Captain Singleton’s Return to Sea, with an Account of his many Adventures and Pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others.
“But Dan,” people asked “what’s this book about?”
“Dan, we’re going with 4 pt. font on the spine, and even then the book has to be two feet tall…”
About 607 pages, Jim.
Dude! How about a spoiler alert next time?! 