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Work in Progress Series of the 18th & 19th Century Studies Network

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On April 13th, 2018, the Work-in-Progress Series (WiP) of the 18th- & 19th-Century Studies Network presented John Stevenson, Professor of English, 񱦵, “Twenty-eight Days Later: Elizabeth Canning and the Problem of Implausible Narrative"

The “most famous criminal mystery of the eighteenth century” (DNB) concerned Elizabeth Canning, an 18-year old servant, who disappeared on the evening of New Year’s Day 1753. She did not return until 28 days later, in a frightening condition, almost naked and emaciated and perilously exhausted—near death, it seemed. 

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