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Daniel Defoe

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

September 13, 1660

Died

April 24, 1731

Genre

Fiction, Politics, Nonfiction

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Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including ...more

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Daniel Defoe’s books

Average rating: 3.66 · 423,510 ratings · 17,909 reviews · 5,863 distinct works • Similar authors

	Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 336,053 ratings — published 1719 — 9335 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moll Flanders 3.52 avg rating — 49,125 ratings — published 1722 — 1969 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Journal of the Plague Year 3.55 avg rating — 12,076 ratings — published 1722 — 745 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Robinson Crusoe, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 6,484 ratings — published 1719 — 1123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roxana by Daniel Defoe, John Mullan (Editor), David Blewett (Editor), Juanita McMahon (Narrator) 3.41 avg rating — 5,806 ratings — published 1724 — 463 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A General History of the Pyrates 3.68 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 1999 — 389 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robinson Crusoe: The Original 1719 Unabridged and Complete Edition 4.08 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 1719 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Singleton 3.35 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1720 — 930 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Scott McKowen (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1719 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robinson Crusoé, Volume 1 3.80 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1719 — 161 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe (3 books)
by

Daniel Defoe,

George Atherton Aitken (Editor),

John Butler Yeats (Illustrator)

3.68 avg rating — 342,583 ratings

Histoire générale des plus fameux pyrates (2 books)
by

Daniel Defoe,

Michel Le Bris,

Charles Johnson

3.32 avg rating — 28 ratings

Quotes by Daniel Defoe (?)

“It is never too late to be wise.”
― Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

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“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
― Daniel Defoe

tags: diamond, soul

1816 likes

“Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised”
― Daniel Defoe

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Polls

October 2015 Old School Classic Poll

1878, The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, 448 pages

29 votes, 20.7%

1871, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, 228 pages

26 votes, 18.6%

1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 432 pages

16 votes, 11.4%

1877, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 245 pages

16 votes, 11.4%

1880, Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 352 pages

14 votes, 10.0%

1893, Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, 160 pages

12 votes, 8.6%

1721, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 339 pages

11 votes, 7.9%

1880, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 796 pages

10 votes, 7.1%

1874, Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo, 352 pages

4 votes, 2.9%

1844, Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray, 220 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

140 total votes

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