The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Complete (Volumes 1 and 2)

"The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Complete (Volumes 1 and 2)" by Robert Paltock, is an eighteenth-century adventure novel that tells the strange story of Peter Wilkins, a man from Cornwall who leaves his family and experiences shipwrecks as well as amazing beings when he is unexpectedly thrust into otherworldly experiences after enrolling in an academy; there, he finds love with Youwarkee, who flies. This narrative combines adventure, discovery, and the search for human connection with odd, even fantastical events. The story is told with a sense of imagination that was popular at the time, and the novel opens by introducing the author and placing the work in its literary context, revealing that the story unfolds from Wilkins' point of view as he recalls his beginnings and preparations to enter a world replete with the unusual.