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Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

By: Daniel Defoe

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Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

By: Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents.Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer) a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.Despite its simple narrative style, Robinson Crusoe was well received in the literary world and is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre. It is generally seen as a contender for the first English novel.Before the end of 1719, the book had already run through four editions, and it has gone on to become one of the most widely published books in history, spawning so many imitations, not only in literature but also in film, television, and radio, that its name is used to define a genre, the Robinsonade.

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Lumbreras Classics Books

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3985221456

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9783985221455

Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

By: James T. Boulton

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Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

By: James T. Boulton

Paradoxically, Daniel Defoe is diminished by his popularity as the author of a handful of important novels, since the remainder of his voluminous writings suffer undue neglect. Fully to understand him he should be taken whole but his authorship of over 500 publications renders this feat well nigh impossible. The purpose of this selection, then, is to enable the reader to make or renew the acquaintance of Defoe on some of his favourite topics such as trade and politics, manners and morality, in poetry as well as prose, and in works like A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal and Memoirs of a Cavalier, which are characteristic blends of fact and fiction. Equipped with the insights possible from this sample, the reader - it is hoped - will return to the major novels with a keener appreciation of their distinctive quality and a livelier sense of their author.

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304

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Cambridge University Press

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0521207134

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9780521207133

The Political Works of Daniel Defoe

Including The True-Born Englishman, An Essay upon Projects, The Complete English Tradesman & The Biography of the Author

By: Daniel Defoe

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The Political Works of Daniel Defoe

Including The True-Born Englishman, An Essay upon Projects, The Complete English Tradesman & The Biography of the Author

By: Daniel Defoe

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Political Works of Daniel Defoe” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The True-Born Englishman An Essay upon Projects The Complete English Tradesman Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business Second Thoughts are Best The Shortest Way with the Dissenters And What if the Pretender Should Come? An Answer to a Question that Nobody Thinks of A Humble Proposal to the People of England Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in Favour of the Pretender The creator of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe was quite politically active and that activism even resulted with his arrest, placement in a pillory and imprisoning. His most successful poem, The True-Born Englishman is a political satire that defends the king against the perceived xenophobia of his enemies, satirizing the English claim to racial purity. Defoe's notable publication, An Essay upon Projects, is a series of proposals for social and economic improvement. The Complete English Tradesman is an example of Defoe's political works. He discusses the role of the tradesman in England in comparison to tradesmen internationally, arguing that the British system of trade is far superior. The work that finally got him arrested was a pamphlet The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters, which ruthlessly satirized the High church Tories and the Dissenters. Besides these, Defoe published a great number of political essays, pamphlets and tracts. Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731), was an English writer, journalist, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, and he is considered one of the founders of the English novel.

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868

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e-artnow

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8026867505

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9788026867500

The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe - Vol. XVIII: The Complete English Tradesman

By: Daniel Defoe

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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe - Vol. XVIII: The Complete English Tradesman

By: Daniel Defoe

This volume contains Daniel Defoe's 1898 guide to trading, "The Complete English Tradesman". A comprehensive and interesting guide, it will appeal to those with an interest in late-nineteenth century English trading, and is not to be missed by collectors of Defoe's work. The chapters of this volume include: "The Tradesman's Writing Letters", "The Trading Style", "Of The Tradesman Acquiring Himself with all Business in General", "Diligence and Application in Business", "Over-Trading", etcetera. Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) was an English writer, journalist, trader, and spy. Some of his most famous works include "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), and "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" (1724). Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

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316

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Read Books Ltd

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1473375479

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9781473375475

The Works of Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year, Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London

By: Daniel Defoe,Howard Maynadier

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The Works of Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year, Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London

By: Daniel Defoe,Howard Maynadier

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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322

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Palala Press

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1377621995

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9781377621999

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe And Alexander Selkirk

By: Daniel Defoe,Stu Bruce

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Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe And Alexander Selkirk

By: Daniel Defoe,Stu Bruce

This is a unique edition of Daniel Defoe's ROBINSON CRUSOE annotated with biography and images of Alexander Selkirk, the real-life model for Crusoe.

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Nimble Books

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0978813847

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9780978813840

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Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe

The Political Works of Daniel Defoe

The Political Works of Daniel Defoe

The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe - Vol. XVIII: The Complete English Tradesman

The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe - Vol. XVIII: The Complete English Tradesman

The Works of Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year, Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London

The Works of Daniel Defoe: A Journal of the Plague Year, Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe And Alexander Selkirk

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe And Alexander Selkirk

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