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P.N. Furbank

P.N. Furbank is general editor, with W.R. Owens, of The Works of Daniel Defoe. His other books include Unholy Pleasure, E.M. Forster: A Life and Behalf.

Selected bibliography

  • A Political Biography of Daniel Defoe by P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens (2006)
  • Political and Economic Writings of Daniel Defoe edited by W.R. Owens and P.N. Furbank (2000)
  • Behalf (1999)
  • A Critical Biography of Daniel Defoe by P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens (1998)
  • Defoe De-Attributions: A Critique of J.R. Moore’s ‘Checklist’ (1994)
  • Diderot: A Critical Biography (1992)
  • Cannonisation of Daniel Defoe (1988)
  • Unholy Pleasures: The Idea of Social Class (1985)
  • E.M. Forster: A Life (1978)
  • Reflections on the Word 'Image' (1970)
  • Italo Svevo: The Man and the Writer (1966)
  • Samuel Butler 1836-1902 (1948)  Buy this book

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