The world of Defoe

by Peter Earle

" A good introduction to Defoe and the world he lived in"

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Peter Earle formerly taught at the London School of Economics and is now Emeritus Reader in Economic History at the University of London.

Reviews

[Phillip Fuller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daniel Defoe is more than the author of Robinson Crusoe as Peter Earle reveals in this great book. I did not know that Defoe was a pioneer in economic journalism or that he wrote about London's poor people. I did not know that he wrote about marriage, education, child development, and social mobility. I especially like how he wrote about pirates and how the poor are more likely to die in a plague due to the lack of resources to escape it. Daniel Defoe is much more that Robinson Crusoe or Moll Flanders.