On April 13th, 2018, the Work-in-Progress Series (WiP) of the 18th- & 19th-Century Studies Network presented听John Stevenson, Professor of English, CU Boulder, 鈥淭wenty-eight Days Later: Elizabeth Canning and the Problem of Implausible Narrative"
The 鈥渕ost famous criminal mystery of the eighteenth century鈥� (DNB) concerned Elizabeth Canning, an 18-year old servant, who disappeared on the evening of New Year鈥檚 Day 1753. She did not return until 28 days later, in a frightening condition, almost naked and emaciated and perilously exhausted鈥攏ear death, it seemed.听