1. Daniel Defoe - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Daniel Defoe died on April 26, 1731, probably whilst in hiding from his creditors. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London, where his grave can still be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

Daniel Defoe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe Born Died 24 April Occupation Writer, journalist, spy Genres Adventure Influenced Johann Wyss, Jonathan Swift Daniel Defoe April 24 was an English writer journalist , and spy , who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe . 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. citation needed 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 Contents Biography Early life Pamphleteering and prison Later life and writings ... edit Biography edit Early life Daniel Foe was probably born in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate London . (Daniel later added the aristocratic sounding "De" to his name and on occasion claimed descent from the family of De Beau Faux.) Both the date and the place of his birth are uncertain with sources often giving dates of 1659 or 1661. His father, James Foe, though a member of the Butchers' Company , was a tallow chandler. In Daniel's early life he experienced first-hand some of the most unusual occurrences in English history: In

2. Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe was a prolific writer (over 370 known publications) who could–and would–turn his hand to almost any topic; he has been called one of the http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_18c/defoe/

Defoe's Reputation The Publication of Robinson Crusoe Websites on Defoe and ... Syllabus DEFOE'S REPUTATION He was an outsider, being a Dissenter or Puritan, the son of a butcher, and a suspected government spy (this suspicion was confirmed in the nineteenth century). Jonathan Swift regarded him with contempt, "One of these Authors (the Fellow that was pilloryed, I have forgot his Name) is indeed so grave, sententious, dogmatical a Rogue, that there is no enduring him." At least part of Swift's attitude is snobbery; Defoe was not a gentleman born or raised though he aspired to be one and changed his name from Foe to Defoe and bought a coach with his coat of arms on its door. For nearly seventy-five years, Defoe's reputation as a writer was in decline. But from 1780 to1830, a succession of biographies and editions of his works was published, and his literary star began to rise. As perceptive a critic as Coleridge appreciated his artistry. But Sir Walter Scott, though appreciative, raised the objection that Defoe lacked conscious artistry, "Defoe seems to have written too rapidly to pay the least attention to his circumstances; the incidents are huddled together like paving-stones discharged from a cart, and as little connexion between the one and the other." This objection continues to be raised. Despite these favorable changes, Defoe had not yet achieved his current literary eminence. The revelation that he had been a government spy reinforced the earlier negative view of him, and some mid-19th century readers were shocked by the language and content of

3. Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe is perhaps best known for his novels, Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, but he was also the quintessential brilliant scoundrel of the http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/defoe.htm

Daniel Defoe, 1660-1731 Daniel Defoe is perhaps best known for his novels, Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders , but he was also the quintessential "brilliant scoundrel" of the Augustan Age. In rough chronological order, Daniel Defoe was a hosier, soldier, wine merchant, factory owner, bankrupt, spy, pamphleteer, convict, journalist, editor, political flunkey, hack writer and novelist. In 1704, he launched the Review of the Affairs of France and of all Europe , one of the first serious political and economic newspapers in England (it folded in the aftermath of the 1712 Stamp Act). He served as editor on several other newspapers later. As a trader and non-conformist, Defoe's produced several political and social commentaries hailing the dawn of the bourgeois-capitalist age. In the service of Robert Harley, a shadowy figure of Queen Anne's reign, Defoe's produced a detailed three-volume (1724-7) account of the economic, political and social conditions of the cities and country-sides of Great Britain. His talent was dissipated in later years when, as a political journalist, he compromised his independence as a reporter in return for political favors. Major Works of Daniel Defoe A Letter to a Dissenter from his Friend at the Hague Essay on Projects True Born Englishman: A Satyr excerpt The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters Hymn to the Pillory A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal The Consolidator Giving Alms No Charity Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business The Family Instructor

4. Daniel Defoe --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Daniel Defoe English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, author of Robinson Crusoe (171922) and Moll Flanders http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029745/Daniel-Defoe

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Early life. Mature life and works. Later life and works. Assessment. ... Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Nonconformist Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Daniel Defoe Page 1 of 5 born 1660, London, Eng. died April 24, 1731, London Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, author of Robinson Crusoe Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel... (75 of 2398 words) To read the full article, activate your FREE Trial Commonly Asked Questions About Daniel Defoe Close Enable free complete viewings of Britannica premium articles when linked from your website or blog-post. Now readers of your website, blog-post, or any other web content can enjoy full access to this article on Daniel Defoe , or any Britannica premium article for free, even those readers without a premium membership. Just copy the HTML code fragment provided below to create the link and then paste it within your web content. For more details about this feature, visit our

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Fiction Moll Flanders Robinson Crusoe The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Read Print Daniel Defoe Search within all works by Daniel Defoe To read literature by Daniel Defoe, select from the list on the left. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) "In the School of Affliction I have learnt more Philosophy than at the Academy, and more Divinity than from the Pulpit: In Prison I have learnt to know that Liberty does not consist in open Doors, and the free Egress and Regress of Locomotion. I have seen the rough side of the World as well as the smooth, and have in less than half a Year tasted the difference between the Closet of a King, and the Dungeon of Newgate." In the early 1680s Defoe was a commission merchant in Cornhill but went bankrupt in 1691. In 1684 he married Mary Tuffley; they had two sons and five daughters. Defoe was involved in Monmouth rebellion in 1685 against James II. While hiding as a fugitive in a churchyard after the rebellion was put down, he noticed the name Robinson Crusoe carved on a stone, and later gave it to his famous hero. Defoe became a supporter of William, joining his army in 1688, and gaining a mercenary reputation because change of allegiance. From 1695 to 1699 he was an accountant to the commissioners of the glass duty and then associated with a brick and tile works in Tilbury. The business failed in 1703. In 1702 Defoe wrote his famous pamphlet THE SHORTEST-WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS. Himself a Dissenter he mimicked the bloodthirsty rhetoric of High Anglican Tories and pretended to argue for the extermination of all Dissenters. Nobody was amused, Defoe was arrested in May 1703, but released in return for services as a pamphleteer and intelligence agent to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, and the Tories. While in prison Defoe wrote a mock ode, HYMN TO THE PILLORY (1703). The poem was sold in the streets, the audience drank to his health while he stood in the pillory and read aloud his verses.

6. Daniel Defoe - Wikiquote Daniel Defoe (1660? – 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

Daniel Defoe From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search All men would be tyrants if they could. Daniel Defoe (1660? – 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe Contents Sourced The True-Born Englishman (1701) Robinson Crusoe (1719) The Education of Women (1719) ... edit Sourced We loved the doctrine for the teacher’s sake. The Character of the Late Dr. S. Annesly Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves! The Shortest Way with the Dissenters Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason. An Essay upon Publick Credit All men would be tyrants if they could. The Kentish Petition The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late. Character of the Late Dr. S. Annesley 'Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are. A System of Magick edit The True-Born Englishman Wherever God erects a house of prayer

7. Daniel Defoe Biography And Summary Daniel Defoe biography with 199 pages of profile on Daniel Defoe sourced from encyclopedias, critical essays, summaries, and research journals. http://www.bookrags.com/Daniel_Defoe

Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Biographies Research Anything: All BookRags Literature Guides Essays Criticism Biographies Encyclopedias History Encyclopedias Films Periodic Table ... Help Or Did You Mean: Daniel Defoe by William Minto Search "Daniel Defoe" Amazon.com Daniel Defoe Summary Order the Daniel Defoe Summary Pack View 1 Daniel Defoe Essays View 1 Daniel Defoe Critical Essays Daniel Defoe About 199 pages (59,725 words) in 9 products "Daniel Defoe" Search Results Contents: Biographies Works by Author Summaries Reference Criticism Biography Name: Daniel Defoe Birth Date: Death Date: April 24, 1731 Place of Death: England Nationality: English Gender: Male Occupations: writer, poet, journalist, novelist summary from source: Biography of Daniel Defoe 1,276 words, approx. 4 pages The English novelist, journalist, poet, and government agent Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets, articles, and poems. Among the most productive authors of the Augustan Age, he was the first of the great 18th-century English... summary from source: Biography of Daniel Defoe 12,874 words, approx. 43 pages

8. LibriVox » Robinson Crusoe By Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. http://librivox.org/robinson-crusoe-by-daniel-defoe/

If the files are not available please try back later, as archive.org is having issues. The files are safe but may be temporarily unavailable. Catalog Index Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. Based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk, the book has had a perrenial appeal among readers of all ages-–especially the young adult reading public–-who continue to find inspiration in the inventive resourcefulness of its hero, sole survivor of a shipwreck who is marooned on an uninhabited island. Especially poignant, after more than two decades of unbroken solitude, is the affection that Robinson develops for Friday, another survivor fleeing certain death at the hands of enemy tribesmen from the South American continent. (Summary by Denny Sayers) Gutenberg e-text #521 Wikipedia - Daniel Defoe Wikipedia - Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe Internet Archive page Bit Torrent of the entire book Zip file of the entire book RSS feed ... Chapter-a-day Read by Denny Sayers Total runtime: 13:55:12 [To discuss this book or provide feedback, please visit the

9. Daniel Defoe - Wikipedia Translate this page Daniel Defoe (Londra, 3 aprile 1660 – 21 aprile 1731) è stato uno scrittore britannico. Viene frequentemente indicato come il padre del romanzo inglese. 1 http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

Daniel Defoe Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe Londra 3 aprile 21 aprile ) ¨ stato uno scrittore britannico . Viene frequentemente indicato come il padre del romanzo inglese. Indice Biografia Defoe e il romanzo Note Altri progetti ... modifica Biografia Defoe nacque in un sobborgo londinese , nei pressi di Cripplegate . Suo padre, James Foe, era un membro della societ  dei macellai ma (curiosamente) mercante di candele ; Daniel modific² il proprio cognome da "Foe" al pi¹ aristocratico "Defoe" intorno al , arrivando in alcune occasioni a dichiarare di essere un discendente della famiglia De Beau Faux La famiglia di Defoe era di credo presbiteriano dissenziente ; egli fu mandato a scuola all'accademia dissenziente di Stoke Newington , diretta da Charles Morton (in seguito vicepresidente di Harvard ); qui non segu¬ studi classici, ma si dedic² a discipline come l' economia , la geografia e le lingue straniere. Daniel, contro la volont  del padre, scelse di non diventare pastore presbiteriano e di dedicarsi agli affari. In questo ramo ebbe un grande successo, e pot© sposare Mary Tuffley, figlia di un ricco mercante, ottenendo tra l'altro una dote di 3.700 sterline. Da Mary ebbe sette figli. Convinto sostenitore della causa liberale, nel

10. Economics 3LL3 -- Defoe Daniel Defoe. 16601731. Giving Alms No Charity. http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/defoe/index.html

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11. The Literary Gothic | Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe page at The Literary Gothic, the web s premier guide to Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to 1950. http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/defoe.html

Defoe, Daniel 1660 - 24 April 1731 Best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe , the work widely regarded as the first novel, and other works such as Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year , Defoe also wrote (primarily later in his life) some works dealing with superstition and the supernatural, including The Political History of the Devil A System of Magic (1727), and The History and Reality of Apparitions Sites: Biographical note Includes discussions of many of Defoe's works. [Richard Clark, U East Anglia; Literary Encyclopedia] Biographical essay [Wikipedia] About Daniel Defoe Biographical note Includes a select bibliography. [Author's Calendar] Brief biographical note [Literature Network] Brief biographical note [Schoolnet] Brief biographical note [Peter Landry, Biographies] Brief biographical note [KnowledgeRush] Defoe's Last Years From The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21) [Bartleby.com] Brief biographical note Columbia Encyclopedia , Bartleby.com] Brief biographical note [John W. Cousins, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Daniel Defoe Course material, focusing on Defoe's reputation and career. [Lilia Melani, CUNY - Brooklyn College]

12. EReader.com: Author: Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe was a Londoner, born c. 1660 at St. Giles, Cripplegate, the son of James Foe, a tallow–chandler and member of the Butchers’ Company. http://www.ereader.com/author/detail/1507

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The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe Search all of Daniel Defoe Advanced Search Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, is most famous as the author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. Along with Samuel Richardson, Defoe is considered the founder of the English novel. Defoe was born as the son of James Foe, a butcher of Stroke Newington. He studied at Charles Morton's Academy, London. Although his Nonconformist father intended him for the ministry, Defoe plunged into politics and trade, traveling extensively in Europe. In the early 1680s Defoe was a commission merchant in Cornhill but went bankrupt in 1691. In 1684 he married Mary Tuffley; they had two sons and five daughters. Defoe earned fame and royal favor with his satirical poem "The True born Englishman" (1701). In 1702 Defoe wrote his famous pamphlet The Shortest Way With Dissenters . Himself a Dissenter he mimicked the extreme attitudes of High Anglican Tories and pretended to argue for the extermination of all Dissenters. Nobody was amused; Defoe was arrested and pilloried in May 1703. While in prison Defoe wrote a mock ode, "Hymn To The Pillory" (1703). The poem was sold in the streets, the audience drank to his health while he stood in the pillory and read aloud his verses.

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Daniel Defoe - Born toward the of the summer of 1660, died on April 24, 1731- original surname Foe, Defoe altered it in 1703 English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, author of ROBINSON CRUSOE (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. Along with Samuel Richardson, Defoe is considered the founder of the English novel. Before his time stories were usually written as long poems or dramas. He produced some 200 works of nonfiction prose in addition to close 2 000 short essays in periodical publications, several of which he also edited. "One day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand." (from Robinson Crusoe "In the School of Affliction I have learnt more Philosophy than at the Academy, and more Divinity than from the Pulpit: In Prison I have learnt to know that Liberty does not consist in open Doors, and the free Egress and Regress of Locomotion. I have seen the rough side of the World as well as the smooth, and have in less than half a Year tasted the difference between the Closet of a King, and the Dungeon of Newgate." In the early 1680s Defoe was a commission merchant in Cornhill but went bankrupt in 1691. In 1684 he married Mary Tuffley; they had two sons and five daughters. Defoe was involved in Monmouth rebellion in 1685 against James II. While hiding as a fugitive in a churchyard after the rebellion was put down, he noticed the name Robinson Crusoe carved on a stone, and later gave it to his famous hero. Defoe became a supporter of William, joining his army in 1688, and gaining a mercenary reputation because change of allegiance. From 1695 to 1699 he was an accountant to the commissioners of the glass duty and then associated with a brick and tile works in Tilbury. The business failed in 1703.

15. Daniel Defoe Short biography geared toward students includes links to related articles. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jdefoe.htm

Home Email Search Author ... Index Page Daniel Defoe, the son of a butcher, was born in London in 1660. He attended Morton's Academy, a school for Dissenters at Newington Green with the intention of becoming a minister, but he changed his mind and became a hosiery merchant instead. In 1685 Defoe took part in the Monmouth Rebellion and joined William III and his advancing army. Defoe became popular with the king after the publication of his poem, The True Born Englishman (1701). The poem attacked those who were prejudiced against having a king of foreign birth. The publication of Defoe's The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702) upset a large number of powerful people. In the pamphlet, Defoe, a Dissenter , ironically demanded the savage suppression of dissent. The pamphlet was judged to be critical of the Anglican Church and Defoe was fined, put in the Charing Cross Pillory and then sent to Newgate Prison In 1703 Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, a Tory government official, emplo yed Defoe as a spy. With the support of the government, Defoe started the newspaper, The Review . Published between 1704 and 1713, the newspaper appeared three times a week. As well as carrying commercial advertising

16. About Daniel Defoe The Life and Work of daniel defoe. defoe messageboard, complete text of defoe s books and short stories, links to other information on defoe. http://www.classicauthors.net/Defoe/

About Daniel Defoe Works Online (On) The Education Of Women A Journal of the Plague Year A Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal Dickory Cronke ... Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 Timeline Born in London in 1660; son of a tallow-chandler Witnessed both Plague and Great Fire of 1666 Educated first at Dorking, then at Morton`s Academy for Dissenters, Newington Green; to become a Presbyterian Minister Married Mary Tuffley insufficient to keep him from bankruptcy; later jailed for debt Fighting briefly in the Duke of Monmouth`s rebellion Supporter of William of Orange in the ‘Glorious` Revolution Wrote The Shortest Way with Dissenters Fined, put in the pillory and then jailed at Newgate Prison. Intervention by a Tory minister, Robert Harley, secured his release. Defoe served next eleven years as a secret agent and political journalist. Wrote over 500 books, pamplets and journals on politics, crime, religion, geography, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. Robinson Crusoe Wrote Moll Flanders, A Journal of the Plague Year

17. Daniel Defoe Biography And Literary Works daniel defoe. English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.2/

Fiction Non-Fiction Young Readers Poetry ... Members :: Tools Printer-friendly Daniel Defoe Titles in Fiction category: Dickory Cronke Indeed the public has too often been imposed upon by fictitious stories, and some of a very late date, so that I think myself obliged by the usual respect which is paid to candid and impartial readers, to acquaint them, by way of introduction, with what they are to expect, and what they may depe ... Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The That homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. "That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh," was never more verified than in the story of my Life. Any one would think that after thirty-five years' affliction, and a variety of unhappy circumstances, which fe ... Robinson Crusoe I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, ... About the Author English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, author of

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the website with the self-referential tagline... Daniel 'The True-Born Englishman' Defoe Daniel Defoe was born in London in 1660, probably in September, third child and first son of James and Mary Defoe . Daniel received a very good education, as his father hoped he would become a minister , but Daniel wasn't interested. His family were Dissenters, Presbyterians to be precise, and those sects were being persecuted a bit at this time, so maybe Daniel had the right idea. He was always very tolerant of others' religious ideas himself. His mother died when he was ten, and his father sent him to a boarding school, after which he attended Morton's Academy, as he could not graduate from Oxford or Cambridge without taking an oath of loyalty to the Church of England. He was a very good student, and his teacher, the Reverend Mr. Norton himself, would later show up as a character in some of Daniel's fiction. Daniel graduated in 1679, and by then he'd pretty much decided against the ministry, though he wrote and spoke in favor of the Dissenters all his life . Later that year, he joined the army of the rebel Duke of Monmouth, who was attempting to take the throne from James II

19. Defoe, Daniel | Authors | Guardian Unlimited Books Richard West s daniel defoe The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures is fairly speculative, but also a gripping read. Criticism http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-53,00.html

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