This compelling book chronicles a young boy’s journey from the horrors of Jamaican slavery to the heart of London’s literary world, and reveals the unlikely friendship that changed his life.

Also includes some descendants of Otto Beery.

And the invitation is irresistible.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A remarkable book . . . In mood, color, atmosphere and characters, this is Charles Dickens reincarnated . . .

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... burglary ; and John Kitfal , alias Wilmot , aliae Smith , for topping a gentleman near Highgate , and robbing him of ... 1786 was assigned to the Rev. Mr. Pearson , A. M. Fellow of Sydney college , for his Elay on the Good- nels of ...

... burglary ; and John Kitfal , alias Wilmot , aliae Smith , tor ftopping a gentleman near Highgate , and robbing him ... 1786 was affigned to the Rev. Mr. Pearfon , A. M. Fellow of Sydney college , for his Eftay on the Good- nefs of ...

Drawing on biographical materials, literary texts, and reception histories, Devoney Looser finds that far from fading into moribund old age, female literary greats such as Anna Letitia Barbauld, Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Catharine ...