Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) remains one of the most prolific English novelists, journalists, and pamphleteers. Defoe is counted among the earliest innovators of the English novel. This author can indeed ...
Yahoo: Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' Turns 307: A Look at Its Enduring Legacy
On literary site The Greatest Books, which compiles hundreds of expert rankings into a single list, "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe is included among the best books of all time—and today it turns ...
Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' Turns 307: A Look at Its Enduring Legacy
Talk about writing for money! In 1692, a businessman named Daniel Defoe was forced into bankruptcy by a debt of £17,000 — a sum approaching US$4 million in today’s money. Defoe had succumbed to bad ...
MSN: Quote of the day by Daniel Defoe: “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be…”
Quote of the day by Daniel Defoe: “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be…”
On Daniel Defoe: The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures by Richard West. Boswell records that Samuel Johnson had read Daniel Defoe and “allowed a considerable share of merit to a man, who, bred a ...
In 1722, Daniel Defoe pulled off one of the great literary hoaxes of all time. A Journal of the Plague Year, he called his latest book. The title page promises “Observations of the most remarkable ...
The Conversation: Coronavirus: Defoe’s account of the Great Plague of 1665 has startling parallels with today