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1279
Robinson Crusoe Goes to Sea Daniel Defoe

Hours after running away to sea, Robinson Crusoe was sorry he ever left home.

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1280
Rochester Reverie Charles Dickens

Mr Pickwick has embarked on a tour of Kent, and this sunny morning finds him leaning over the parapet of Rochester Bridge, deep in reflection.

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1281
Rome, Ruin and Revenue D. H. Montgomery

Rome’s greedy tax policy in Britain and Gaul left farmers with little to show for their labours but the stripes on their backs.

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1282
Romulus and the Sabine Women Clay Lane

The legend of how Rome was settled gave rise to the March festival of Roman motherhood.

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1283
Roof Riders Karl Philipp Moritz

On a visit to England in 1782, young German author Karl Philipp Moritz was very excited about riding on an English stage.

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1284
Rope Trick Orderic Vitalis

When Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, became the Tower of London’s first prisoner he did not intend making a long stay.

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