Furbank, P. N. and Owens, W. R.
(2002).
Defoe's £17,000 bankruptcy.
Notes and Queries, 247(3),
pp. 363–364.
Abstract
This article points out that the only evidence for the much-repeated story that Defoe went bankrupt for the (then enormous) sum of £17,000 comes from himself. It argues that the figure was most probably a wild exaggeration, and puts forward a possible motive for this.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2002 Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: |
0029-3970 |
| Keywords: |
English literature |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > English |
| Item ID: |
21595 |
| Depositing User: |
Jean Fone
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Jul 2010 09:06 |
| Last Modified: |
05 May 2011 14:41 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/21595 |
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