Introduction Part I. Secrets and Singularity: 1. Daniel Defoe and the power of singularity 2. The virtue of singularity 3. The punishment of singularity Part II. Sociability and Community: 4. The reformation of family 5. Alternative communities 6. The sociability of books Part III. History and Nation: 7. History, novel, and polemic 8. Historical fiction and generational distance Guide to further reading Index.
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