Daniel Defoe clearly relied on his imagination to write his history, but where he invented scenes it was in the spirit of a larger truth Before we even began reading A Journal of the Plague Year ...
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 ...
Years ago, in these pages, I confessed that I have read Daniel Defoe’s 1719 fictional tale, “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” multiple times, as well as listened to the audio version. Crusoe’s ...
Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, ...
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 ...
ON this day, 300 years ago, Daniel Defoe's book Robinson Crusoe was first published – and his gripping story about a sailor marooned on a desert island has since captivated generations of fans. Often ...
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