Daniel Defoe

First published in 1719, Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe” is a pioneering work of realist fiction and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written. When it first appeared it was widely believed to be a true account of actual events. While it is thought to have been inspired by the real life story of Alexander Selkirk, a castaway who lived on an island in the Pacific for four years, the story is in fact completely fictional. At the beginning of the novel we find Robinson Crusoe desiring a life at sea, despite the wishes of his parents for him to pursue a more sensible career. Despite numerous disasters and misadventures at sea he is not to be deterred from his life choice. Ultimately he finds himself stranded on a deserted island when his ship is destroyed in a storm. Having only his wits and faith to help him survive, he makes do with the supplies that he has salvaged from the wreckage and the resources he finds on the island. Despite its relatively simple plot, “Robinson Crusoe” remains to this day as an enduring tale of maritime life. This edition is illustrated by N. C. Wyeth and is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853260735.The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (aka Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age.By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this point, due to the fall of both Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated (Robert Walpole was beginning his rise). Defoe was never fully at home with the Walpole group. Defoe's Whig views are nevertheless evident in the story of Moll. The novel's full title gives some insight into this and the outline of the plot: "The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. Who was Born in Newgate, & during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, & died a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums."

Actually written sixty years after the plague of 1665 swept through London, Defoe brings the city to life in all of its hardship and fear. With a wealth of detail, "A Journal of the Plague Year" seems almost a firsthand account, taking readers through the neighborhoods, houses, and streets that have drastically changed with the rising death toll. The bustle of business and errands gives way to doors marked with the cross to signify a house of death, as well as the dead-carts transporting those struck down to the mass graves as the dead rise in number to nearly 100,000. As the epidemic progresses and the narrator encounters more stories of isolation and horror, Defoe reveals his masterful balance as both a historical and imaginative writer.

The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Like its significantly more popular predecessor, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe. Although intended to be the last Crusoe tale, the novel is followed by a non-fiction book involving Crusoe by Defoe entitled Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World (1720).The story is speculated to be partially based on Moscow embassy secretary Adam Brand's journal detailing the embassy's journey from Moscow to Peking from 1693 to 1695.The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing else, and one can imagine that no one took his stories seriously, except his wife. She told him, in tears, "I will go with you, but I won't leave you." But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife.

Roxana (1724), Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own `wicked' life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. A resourceful adventuress, she is also an unforgiving analyst of her own susceptibilities, who tells us of the price she pays for her successes. Endowed with many seductive skills, she is herself by money, by dreams of rank, and by the illusion that she can escape her own past. Unlike Defoe's other penitent anti-heroes, however, she fails to triumph over these weaknesses. The novel's drama lies not only in the heroine's `vast variety of fortunes', but in her attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lessons of her life as a `Fortunate Mistress'. Defoe's achievement was to invent, in `Roxana', a gripping story-teller as well as a gripping story. This edition uses the rare first edition text, with a new introduction, detailed notes, textual history, and a map.

The author has remained unknown in spite of numerous attempts by historians to discover his identity. Many scholars have suggested that the author could have been either Daniel Defoe or publisher Nathaniel Mist (or somebody working for him). Other researchers have suggested Ronald Quattroche as the true author of the General History. Colin Woodard states in his book The Republic of Pirates: Recently, Arne Bialuschewski of the University of Kiel in Germany has identified a far more likely candidate: Nathaniel Mist, a former sailor, journalist, and publisher of the Weekly Journal. The book's first publisher of record, Charles Rivington, had printed many books for Mist, who lived just a few yards from his office. More importantly, the General History was registered at Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Mist's name. As a former seaman who had sailed the West Indies, Mist, of all London's writer-publishers, was uniquely qualified to have penned the book...Mist was also a committed Jacobite...which could explain the General History's not entirely unsympathetic account of the maritime outlaws.

Large format for easy reading. The life, adventures and piracies of a young man, the book portrays the redemptive power of one man's love for another. By the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.

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, roughly resembling Tobago, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before 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.

Dive in to the ultimate tale of shipwreck and survival in this illustrated, finely crafted keepsake edition of the classic adventure story that has thrilled readers for nearly three centuries. After a fierce storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is marooned on an uncharted island, with only a few bits of his wrecked ship's flotsam and jetsam to sustain him. For more than two decades, he faces the wrath of nature and the struggle to stay alive with little more than his wits to save him. Then, following an encounter with cannibals, a tribesman named Friday becomes Crusoe's only ally. As their relationship develops, the line between servant and friend begins to blur, and the possibility of freedom for them both at last looms on the horizon. This collectible edition of a beloved adventure includes a soft-touch cover, gold foiling, and luminous illustrations from N.C. Wyeth, whose oil paintings perfectly depict the roiling seas, baking sun, and vast expanse of open space.

First published in 1726, this full-length study of the devil's role in society combines Biblical history with common sense as Defoe considers the conflict between forces of destructive evil and the benevolent Deity which controls the world.

Originally published anonymously in the form of a pamphlet, the intriguing ghost story entitled: A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day after her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705 has long been the cause of academic speculation and dispute. The theme of the story is an uncanny interaction between the spiritual world and the physical world, as well as the nature of death itself. The story describes a posthumous visit by Mrs. Veal to her friend Mrs. Bargrave, during which strange insights and confidences are exchanged.

Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe composed a further tale of high adventure at sea. The result was this lesser-known work, an inspired and hugely enjoyable “first-hand” account of pirate life. In response to an alleged letter accusing him of the worst possible deeds, Captain Avery pens a reply seeking to exonerate himself from all such charges. He sees fit to provide a full account of life as captain of a pirate ship. Yet far from being the archetypal, murderous villain, his letters reveal him simply to be a lovable rogue—albeit one with something of a penchant for fine jewels.

Like several of the main characters in Defoe's stories (Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders), Colonel Jacque never really knew his real parents; and he is always looking out for the main chance. His chief interest is commerce, and he becomes an Anglo-Saxon trader. It is the story of his successful trading which probably accounts for the continued popularity of this story throughout history. The following fairly well sums up the story of Colonel Jacque, (and was included on the title-page of earlier printings of this story which was first published in 1722)... "The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, vulgarly called Col. Jack, who was born a Gentleman; put 'Prentice to a Pickpocket; was six and twenty years a Thief, and then kidnapped to Virginia; came back a Merchant; was five times married to four Whores; went into the Wars, behaved bravely, got Preferment, was made Colonel of a Regiment; came over, and fled with the Chevalier, is still abroad Completing a Life of Wonders, and resolves to die a General."

Britain in the early eighteenth century: an introduction that is both informative and imaginative, reliable and entertaining. To the tradition of travel writing Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist and spy, and his Tour (1724-6) is an invaluable source of social and economic history. But this book is far more than a beautifully written guide to Britain just before the industrial revolution, for Defoe possessed a wild, inventive streak that endows his work with astonishing energy and tension, and the Tour is his deeply imaginative response to a brave new economic world. By employing his skills as a chronicler, a polemicist and a creative writer keenly sensitive to the depredations of time, Defoe more than achieves his aim of rendering 'the present state' of Britain.

The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders . Las obras clásicas de literatura en cada volumen son una representación de los mejores y más famosos escritos de los autores. Una introducción maravillosa a la literatura universal, esta serie hermosamente diseñada pone las obras de los autores mundialmente conocidos al alcance de todos.

On the evening of November 26, 1703, a hurricane from the north Atlantic hammered into it remains the worst storm the nation has ever experienced. Eyewitnesses saw cows thrown into trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sails—and some 8,000 people lost their lives. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for his "seditious" writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with material for his first book, and in this powerful depiction of suffering and survival played out against a backdrop of natural devastation we can trace the outlines of Defoe’s later masterpieces, A Journal of the Plague Year and Robinson Crusoe .For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), o célebre autor de As aventuras de Robinson Crusoé foi um dos mais prolíficos escritores que se conhece, com mais de 500 títulos publicados. Entre os inúmeros gêneros que abordou (religião, política, sociologia, história, ficção, poesia) no seu jornal The Review (que ele escrevia praticamente sozinho). Defoe acreditava profundamente na reencarnação e escreveu estes Contos de Fantasmas baseado em entrevistas ou relatos conhecidos. Segundo ele, os episódios aqui relacionados – com exceção dos que estão agrupados sob o título de "Falsos fantasmas" – são todos verdadeiros e, em alguns deles, ele estaria disposta a ir em juízo, levando testemunhas e provas concretas. "A aparição da senhora Veal" é um dos exemplos.

One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles, in this case from A Journal of the Plague Year, which was originally published in 1722.As an adaption, the original date is not used in this case.

Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720) is a work of historical fiction by Daniel Defoe, set during the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil Wars. The full title, which bore no date, was: Memoirs of a Cavalier; or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Years 1632 to 1648. Written threescore years ago, by an English gentleman, who served first in the army of Gustavus Adolphus, the Glorious King of Sweden, till his death, and after that in the Royal Army of King Charles the First, from the beginning of the Rebellion to the end of the War.

Includes Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Roxana, A Journal of the Plague Year, Dickory Cronke, and more.This collection is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making navigation a snap. All books in this collection have a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection also conatains an author biography.Table of ContentsList of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical OrderDaniel Defoe BiographyNovelsDickory CronkeA Journal of the Plague YearMemoirs of a CavalierMoll FlandersRobinson CrusoeThe Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808)The Further Adventures of Robinson CrusoeThe Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)Roxana: The Fortunate MistressShort StoriesThe Apparition of Mrs. VealThe Consolidator: The History of the Remarkable Life of John SheppardsEverybody's Business is Nobody's BusinessFrom London to Land's EndThe Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain SingletonMemoirs of Major Alexander RamkinsOf Captain MissionA Tour Through the Eastern Counties of EnglandA Vindication of the PressNon-fictionThe Complete English TradesmanAn Essay Upon ProjectsMilitary Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton

An unforgettable adventure awaits in Daniel Defoe’s beloved classic Robinson Crusoe, enriched with first-edition illustrations by one of the best American painters, N. C. Wyeth.After a violent storm destroys his ship and sweeps away his crewmates, Robinson Crusoe, a young English mariner on his way to Africa, is shipwrecked on a remote desert island. Alone and completely cut off from civilization, Crusoe must rely on his wit and skills to survive in the wilderness. From finding shelter and keeping himself fed, to taming wild animals and grappling with his own solitude, he must now face his own weaknesses and emerge stronger.Crusoe documents his years in isolation diligently, recording his experience of surviving on his own away from human company, fending for himself, and reflecting on his previous life. In his titular journal, he records an unforgettable adventure, including his struggle with faith and companionship, all fundamental parts of human nature.But when Crusoe discovers he is not alone on the island, everything is about to change. In a truly moving account of friendship and human resilience, Crusoe's genuine experience transports the reader right into the middle of action. Featuring the original language and style of the 18th century, this edition offers readers a chance to gain an in-depth understanding of Robinson Crusoe and the novel’s timeless qualities.This classic edition 15 first-edition, high-quality illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, one of America's most well-known illustrators.An interesting quiz about Robinson Crusoe with facts and trivia at the end of the book.A unique, brand-new cover design.Easy-to-read formatting, ideal for both young and adult readers.Discover the most popular survival story of all time with Robinson Crusoe, a worldwide bestseller and a valuable addition to any library!

This Halcyon Classics ebook edition contains three classic tales of pirates and shipwrecks; Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,' Johann David Wyss' 'The Swiss Family Robinson,' and Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island.' Includes an active table of contents.Contents:Robinson CrusoeThe Further Adventures of Robinson CrusoeThe Swiss Family RobinsonTreasure IslandThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.

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Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God.

Дневник на чумавата година: „Дневник на чумавата година“ не е докумнетално четиво. Дефо е бил бебе по време на голямата чума от 1665 г., но фактите и случките които описва са от първо лице, наистина живяло по време на чумата в Лондон. Даже в увода на книгата се споменава че този дневник е едно от малкото псевдоисторически произведения, което се приема с доверие от историците. И наистина е така - даже и само като човек чете седмичните статистически справки за починалите от чумата от различните лондонски енории, които Дефо едва ли е измислил и от които човек настръхва. Описанията на живота и порядките в Лондон и Англия през XVII в. е също достоверно и правдоподобно. От сегашна гледна точка тогавашното мислене и методи за борба с чумата и лечението й са колкото наивни, толкова и смешни, но за тогавашното общество са били напълно сериозни. Хората са нямали представа, че заразата се разпространява с ухапванята на бълхите, живеещи по плъховете, а не по въздуха. Лечението на заразените е ставало чрез разяждане с киселини или срязване на отоците по тялото на нещастните болни, за да изтече гнойта - разбира се, тези манипулации са били изпълнявани без упойка. А най-честото облекчение и утеха на болните е била религията и вярата, че това е Божие наказание за греховете им. ***Мол Фландърс: СПОЛУКИТЕ И НЕВОЛИТЕ НА ПРОЧУТАТА МОЛ ФЛАНДЪРСродена в Нюгейт, която през разнообразния си живот, продължил шест десетилетия без да се смятат детските й години, дванадесет години беше държанка, пет пъти — съпруга (от които един път на собствения си брат), дванадесет години крадла, осем години заточеница във Вирджиния и накрая се покая, забогатя, заживя честно и умря в разкаяние Написано според нейните собствени спомени ЛОНДОН 1722Тя се ражда в тогавашния лондонски затвор Нюгейт, изоставена е и отгледана от цигани. След това попада в приют и изведнъж й провървява, като една дама от висшето лондонско общество я взема за отглеждане. Един от синовете на тази дама я прелъстява и това според нея и тогавашното мислене е грях, който съсипва живота й. Оттук започват неспирните й неволи... Движещата тема не е в различните любовни похождения и приключения на героинята, а се намира в доста по-прозаична причина. Отблъскващо и отвратително е да се чете, как тогавашните мъже са избирали съпругите си по зестрите им. Последният съпруг на Мол също се жени по сметка за нея, но, според автора, той бил правилният избор.

В том вошли два романа Даниэля Дефо: "Робинзон Крузо" (перевод М. Шишмаревой) и "История полковника Джека" (перевод Н. Шерешевской и Л. Орел). Вступительная статья М. и Д. Урновых, примечания М. Алексеева, М. и Д. Урновых, О. Орел.

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El presente volumen reúne una serie de relatos en los que el popular escritor londinense Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) nos muestra sus habilidades como narrador de historias de fantasmas --La aparición de Mrs. Veal, un auténtico best-seller en su día, precursor del género gótico del Romanticismo-, o como reportero de un caso que asombró y estremeció por igual a las gentes de la ciudad de Londres allá por el año 1724: el amigo de lo ajeno Jack Sheppard fue acusado de cometer al menos un robo diario, en Londres y sus alrededores, durante los primeros seis meses de ese año, hasta que fue detenido por Jonathan Wild y condenado a muerte. Se fugó de la cárcel y volvió a las andadas. Detenido de nuevo y encadenado en una celda de máxima seguridad en la célebre prisión de New Gate, logró fugarse con la ayuda de su compinche Elizabeth Lyon. Defoe refirió estos hechos con un estilo directo y periodístico desde tres puntos de vista diferentes en tres cuentos independientes: Los crímenes de John Sheppard, La historia de John Sheppard contada por él mismo y Vida y hechos de Jonathan Wild, una suerte de avanzadilla de la novela policial, por cuanto componen una novela corta trepidante, intensa y sobrecogedora, que no ahorra al lector esa sordidez descarnada propia del thriller del siglo XX.

The True-Born A Satyr is a political poem written by Daniel Defoe in 1701. The poem is a satirical attack on English prejudice and xenophobia towards immigrants, particularly towards Dutch immigrants who had settled in England. The poem argues that the English themselves are not truly ""pure"" and ""native"" but are in fact a mixture of various ethnicities and cultures, and that immigrants have contributed greatly to English society and culture. Defoe uses humor and irony to expose the hypocrisy and ignorance of those who hold anti-immigrant views. The poem was widely popular and influential in its time and is considered a landmark work of English satire.Drunk'nness, the Darling Favourite of Hell, Chose Germany to Rule; and Rules so well, No Subjects more obsequiously obey, None please so well, or are so pleas'd as they. The cunning Artist manages so well, He lets them Bow to Heav'n, and Drink to Hell. If but to Wine and him they Homage pay.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Without inquiring, therefore, into the advantages of solitude, and how it is to be managed, I desire to tude real] is; for I must confess I have different notions agout it, far from those which are nerally understood in the world, and far from edge those notions upon those peo Is in the primitive times, and since that also, notes; who as ted themselves into deserts and unfrequented p aces, or confined themselves to 12113, monasteries, and the like, retired, as they call it, from the world. All which, I think, have noth ing of the thing I call solitude in them, nor do they answer any of the true ends of solitude, much less those ends which are retended to be sought after by those who have ked most of those retreats from the world.As for confinement in an island, if the scene was placed there for this ve end, it were not at all amiss. I must acknowl there was confinement from the cuj oyments of the world, and restraint fiom human society. But all that was no solitude indeed no part of rt was so, except that which, as in my story, implied to the contemplation of sublime things, and t was but a very little, as my readers well know, compared to what a length of years my forced retreat lasted.