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Peter Merchant has written inCLE 18(4) onLorna Doone and in 20(1) on heroism and sacrifice in Victorian literature for the young. His research interests lie in the 18th and 19th centuries; he teaches at Christ Church College, Canterbury, in Kent, England.
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Merchant, P. Snatched from the sea: The survival ofPeter Wilkins . Child Lit Educ 21, 67–82 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01464462
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