Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer and journalist
About
Why is this person notable and influential?From Wikipedia
Daniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts and was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted with him.
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As a novel set in the early 1600s, Moll suffers a life of misfortune after her mother is sentenced to death, and her first husband dies. Moreover, she makes a way for herself and her children through lies and deceit as Defoe portrays an unconventional life in the 1600s for an unusual woman.
Notable Works
What contributions to academia has this person made?- The Storm
- The Apparition of Mrs. Veal
- A Plan of the English Commerce
- A Journal of the Plague Year
- The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
- The Political History of the Devil
- Second Thoughts Are Best
- Robinson Crusoe
- Moll Flanders and Roxana
- Moll Flanders
- Memoirs of a Cavalier
- La vie et les aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé
- La vie et les avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe
- Conjugal Lewdness
- Colonel Jack
- Captain Singleton
- Augusta Triumphans
- A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain