A vain, impressionable young man drifts from an actress's spell through Oxford disgrace, London literary hackwork, and society courtship, guided and repeatedly rescued by his devoted uncle and the patient Laura.
Books mentioned in Pendennis (3)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “as real and actual beings for this young gentleman as--whom shall we say?--as Robinson Crusoe, or Peter Wilkins, or the Seven Champions of Christendom, whose histories were in his library.”
Peter Wilkins by Robert Paltock: “as Robinson Crusoe, or Peter Wilkins, or the Seven Champions of Christendom, whose histories were in his library.”
The Seven Champions of Christendom by Richard Johnson: “as Robinson Crusoe, or Peter Wilkins, or the Seven Champions of Christendom, whose histories were in his library.”