Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
2014
First Published
2.56
Average Rating
144
Number of Pages
Avg Rating
2.56
Number of Ratings
18
5 STARS
11%
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3 STARS
11%
2 STARS
39%
1 STARS
22%
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Author
Daniel Defoe
Author · 33 books
Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] - 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner (1719). Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel and helped popularize the genre in Britain. In some texts he is even referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.
