THE ATHENAEUMThe Life and Adventures of Peter WilkinsRobert Paltock
Adventure
The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textPeter Wilkins is wrecked in the far south, is carried through a cavern into a hidden land, and marries Youwarkee, one of a people who fly on wings of their own. Robert Paltock published it in 1750, one of the many voyages to imaginary countries written after Gulliver. Coleridge, Southey, Scott and Lamb all loved it.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 9 hr 55 min
- Where to find it
- Brobdingnag
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #51967. In the public domain in the United States.