Daniel Defoe

1,997 books • 74 series

Daniel Defoe was born in London in 1660. He worked briefly as a hosiery merchant, then as an intelligence agent and political writer. His writings resulted in his imprisonment on several occasions, and earned him powerful friends and enemies. During his lifetime Defoe wrote over two hundred and fifty books, pamphlets and journals and travelled widely in both Europe and the British Isles. Among his most famous works are Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders (1722) and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722). Though Defoe was nearly sixty before he began writing fiction, his work is so fundamental to the development of the novel that he is often cited as the first true English novelist. He is also regarded as a founding father of modern journalism and one of the earliest travel writers. Daniel Defoe died in April 1731.
May 2011
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A New Forest Reader

May 3, 2011
Cover of Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 1

Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 1

May 3, 2011
Cover of Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 2

Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 2

May 3, 2011
Cover of Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 3

Daniel Defoe SELECTIONS Volume 3

Apr 18, 2011
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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... Newly Edited After the Original Editions. with Twenty Illustrations by Kauffman. [Parts 1 and 2, Abridged. with an Introduction Signed

Apr 8, 2011
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Denkw Rdigkeiten Eines Englischen Edelmannes

Mar 28, 2011
Cover of The Works of Daniel Defoe Carefully Selected from the Most Authentic Sources. with Chalmers' Life of the Author, Annotated. Edited by John S. Keltie. [with a Portrait.]

The Works of Daniel Defoe Carefully Selected from the Most Authentic Sources. with Chalmers' Life of the Author, Annotated. Edited by John S. Keltie. [with a Portrait.]

Mar 25, 2011
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Madagascar

Mar 17, 2011
Cover of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... with Twelve Illustrations by Thomas Stothard, Etc.

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... with Twelve Illustrations by Thomas Stothard, Etc.

Mar 15, 2011
Cover of The Spanish Descent. a Poem. by the Author of the True-Born Englishman [i.E. D. Defoe].

The Spanish Descent. a Poem. by the Author of the True-Born Englishman [i.E. D. Defoe].

Mar 1, 2011
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Robinson Crusoe; Or the Island of Juan Fernandez. an Operatic Drama in Three Acts, Etc. [In Prose. Founded on D. Defoe's Work.]

Mar 1, 2011
Cover of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Etc.

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Etc.

Mar 1, 2011
Cover of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. with Sixteen Illustrations by C. E. Brock. [Part Two Is Abridged.]

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. with Sixteen Illustrations by C. E. Brock. [Part Two Is Abridged.]

Mar 1, 2011
Cover of A Hymn to Victory. by the Author of the True-Born English-Man (de Foe).

A Hymn to Victory. by the Author of the True-Born English-Man (de Foe).

Mar 1, 2011
Cover of The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... Illustrated.

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ... Illustrated.

Mar 1, 2011
Cover of The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. with One Hundred and Twenty Original Illustrations by Walter Paget.

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. with One Hundred and Twenty Original Illustrations by Walter Paget.

Feb 16, 2011
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The True-Born-Hugonot

Feb 1, 2011
Cover of The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Feb 1, 2011
Cover of Caledonia, Andc. a Poem in Honour of Scotland, and the Scots Nation. in Three Parts.

Caledonia, Andc. a Poem in Honour of Scotland, and the Scots Nation. in Three Parts.

Feb 1, 2011
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Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Jan 17, 2011
Cover of Lex Talionis, Or, an Enquiry Into the Most Proper Ways to Prevent the Persecution of the Protestants in France (1698)

Lex Talionis, Or, an Enquiry Into the Most Proper Ways to Prevent the Persecution of the Protestants in France (1698)

Jan 2, 2011
Cover of Reflections Upon the Late Great Revolution Written by a Lay-Hand in the Country for the Satisfaction of Some Neighbours. (1689)

Reflections Upon the Late Great Revolution Written by a Lay-Hand in the Country for the Satisfaction of Some Neighbours. (1689)

Jan 2, 2011
Cover of Taxes No Charge in a Letter from a Gentleman, to a Person of Quality, Shewing the Nature, Use, and Benefit of Taxes in This Kingdom, and Compared with the Impositions of Foreign States

Taxes No Charge in a Letter from a Gentleman, to a Person of Quality, Shewing the Nature, Use, and Benefit of Taxes in This Kingdom, and Compared with the Impositions of Foreign States

Jan 2, 2011
Cover of The Englishman's Choice, and True Interest in a Vigorous Prosecution of the War Against France, and Serving K. William and Q. Mary, and Acknowledging Their Right. (1694)

The Englishman's Choice, and True Interest in a Vigorous Prosecution of the War Against France, and Serving K. William and Q. Mary, and Acknowledging Their Right. (1694)