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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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Average rating: 3.66 · 428,109 ratings · 18,355 reviews · 5,967 distinct works • Similar authors

	Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 339,680 ratings — published 1719 — 8967 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 — 49,447 ratings — published 1722 — 2747 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 — 12,221 ratings — published 1722 — 1726 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 — 6,534 ratings — published 1719 — 1021 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 — 5,875 ratings — published 1724 — 449 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 3.69 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 1999 — 42 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 4.07 avg rating — 593 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 3.36 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1720 — 36 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) 3.32 avg rating — 350 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 — 287 ratings — published 1719 — 158 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)
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Daniel Defoe,

George Atherton Aitken (Editor),

John Butler Yeats (Illustrator)

3.68 avg rating — 346,253 ratings

Histoire générale des plus fameux pyrates (2 books)
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Daniel Defoe,

Michel Le Bris,

Charles Johnson

3.34 avg rating — 29 ratings

Quotes by Daniel Defoe (?)

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

2852 likes

“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

1818 likes

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

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Polls

April 2016 Revisit the Shelf-Reread Poll

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, 288 pages, 1963

30 votes, 16.7%

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 324 pages, 1960

24 votes, 13.3%

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 539 pages, 1980

19 votes, 10.6%

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 273 pages, 1818

14 votes, 7.8%

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, 320 pages, 1984

13 votes, 7.2%

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, 251 pages, 1817

13 votes, 7.2%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 592 pages, 1957

12 votes, 6.7%

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages, 1883

11 votes, 6.1%

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 311 pages, 1985

10 votes, 5.6%

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 227 pages, 1953

7 votes, 3.9%

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, 277 pages, 1951

6 votes, 3.3%

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 320 pages, 1719

6 votes, 3.3%

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, 256 pages, 1902

5 votes, 2.8%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages, 1847

4 votes, 2.2%

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 306 pages, 1726

3 votes, 1.7%

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 502 pages, 1851

3 votes, 1.7%

180 total votes

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