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Daniel Defoe was an English writer and journalist in the 17th century known for novels like Robinson Crusoe. He helped popularize the novel form in Britain and wrote over 500 books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics. Defoe experienced events like the Great Fire and Plague of London as a child in London. Though dissenters faced oppression, he was educated in a dissenting academy. His most famous novels included Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and Roxana. Defoe was a prolific writer who helped establish journalism and the novel in Britain.

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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe was an English writer and journalist in the 17th century known for novels like Robinson Crusoe. He helped popularize the novel form in Britain and wrote over 500 books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics. Defoe experienced events like the Great Fire and Plague of London as a child in London. Though dissenters faced oppression, he was educated in a dissenting academy. His most famous novels included Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and Roxana. Defoe was a prolific writer who helped establish journalism and the novel in Britain.

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Daniel Defoe

• Daniel Defoe was an English writer,


journalist, who gained fame for his
novel Robinson Crusoe.
• Defoe is notable for being one of the
earliest proponents and founders of
the novel, as he helped to popularise
the form in Britain.
• A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote
more than 500 books, pamphlets and
journals on various topics (including
politics, crime, religion, psychology
and the supernatural).
Early life

 Daniel Foe was born in London.


 Defoe later added the aristocratic-sounding "De" to
his name. In Defoe's early life he experienced first-
hand some of the most amazing events in English
history: The Great Fire of London, the Great Plague
of London.
 By the time he was about 10, Defoe's mother Annie
had died.
 His parents were Presbyterian dissenters; he was educated
in a dissenting academy at Newington Green run by Charles
Morton and is believed to have attended the church there.
 During this period, England was not tolerant of all forms of
religious belief. Roman Catholics were feared and hated.
 Dissenters refused to conform to the services of the Church
of England; they were despised and oppressed
Novels

 Robinson Crusoe (1719)


 The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719)
 Serious reflections during the life and surprising
adventures of Robinson Crusoe: with his Vision of the
angelick world (1720)
 Captain Singleton (1720)
 A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)
 Colonel Jack (1722)
 Moll Flanders (1722)
 Roxana (1724)
 Memoirs of a Cavalier
 Defoe also wrote a three-volume travel
book, Tour Through the Whole Island of
Great Britain (1724–27) that provided a
vivid first-hand account of the state of the
country.
 Other non-fiction books include The
Complete English Tradesman (1726) and
London, the Most Flourishing City in the
Universe (1728).
 Defoe published over 560 books and
pamphlets and is considered to be the
founder of British journalism.

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