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William Heaton

 

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John Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progress

'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes, and his conflict with Giant Despair", enjoying it exactly as he enjoyed Roderick Random and Robinson Crusoe.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Heaton      Print: Book

  

Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe

'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes, and his conflict with Giant Despair", enjoying it exactly as he enjoyed Roderick Random and Robinson Crusoe.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Heaton      Print: Book

  

Tobias Smollett : Roderick Random

'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes, and his conflict with Giant Despair", enjoying it exactly as he enjoyed Roderick Random and Robinson Crusoe.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: William Heaton      Print: Book

 

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