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Quotation from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
“When my spirits are bad—_Robinson Crusoe_. When I want advice—_Robinson Crusoe_.”
The Moonstone, First Period, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #155)
Betteredge explains, at the start of his narrative, his lifelong reliance on Defoe's novel, a comic note that runs through the book.
Citation: "When my spirits are bad—_Robinson Crusoe_. When I want advice—_Robinson Crusoe_." — Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, First Period, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #155). (id the-moonstone-q2)
Portrait: (William) Wilkie Collins by Rudolph Lehmann, Rudolf Lehmann, Public domain.
