An Essay Upon Projects

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An Essay Upon Projects

by Daniel Defoe

EN·~4 hours·20 chapters

Chapters

20 total
1

Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Company by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

0:12
2

AN Essay upon Projects.

0:12
3

INTRODUCTION.

8:42
4

AUTHOR’S PREFACE.

12:11
5

AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION.

13:26
6

The History of Projects.

9:35
7

OF PROJECTORS.

3:46
8

OF BANKS.

26:32
9

OF THE HIGHWAYS.

35:30
10

OF ASSURANCES.

4:18

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (272K characters)

Release date

2003-05-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Finance -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th centuryEconomics -- Early works to 1800PR

About the author

Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

d. 1731

Best known for Robinson Crusoe, he helped shape the early English novel while living a life that was far messier and more adventurous than fiction. He was also a journalist, pamphleteer, merchant, and political writer whose work kept him close to the turmoil of his time.

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