Name: Daniel Defoe, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781724655622

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Daniel Defoe, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Illustrated by

Narthex

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

226

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9781724655622

Synopsis "Daniel Defoe, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe"

Robinson Crusoe is an English man from the town of York who is the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. His parents wish him to study law and would like to see him as a great lawyer but Crusoe has some other plan. He shows his wish to go to sea, but his family, especially his father is against his wish. His father tries to convince him to give up his dream to go to sea but Crusoe is determined.He sets out his sea voyage to London with his friend. At the mean time Crusoe and his friend have narrow escape in the storm. Because of this his friend refuses to go further and returns home, but Crusoe still goes on so as to become a sea merchant. The trip is successful in terms of finance and he plans another voyage, leaving his earning in the care of a friendly widow. At this time his ship is seized by Moorish pirates and he is made a slave in the North African town of Sallee. One day while fishing, he and another slave named Xury escape and sail down to the African coast. One Portuguese captain helps them: he buys Xury from Crusoe and takes him to Brazil. In Brazil he starts plantation and earns a good fortune from it. Knowing the economic advantage of slave trade, he goes to West Africa but unfortunately gets shipwrecked.

Daniel Defoe

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English writer and journalist, Daniel Defoe is mainly known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), though he also stood out for his role in the development of the press and for his political and social essays

Defoe left his studies to become a discreet businessman, whose activities were not entirely profitable, even receiving prison time for his debts

From 1695, after several years of exile due to his political ideology, he starts a new business dedicated to tiles and bricks which begins to work, providing his family—he was married and had six children—with greater economic stability

However, his political activism leads him to publish several essays or pamphlets that cost him days of imprisonment and the pillory. After returning to jail, Defoe begins working from a magazine supporting political factions of the government, participating in the English secret services

In 1719 he publishes his great novel, Robinson Crusoe, which allows him to launch into a literary career marked by successes such as The Adventures of Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, or Moll Flanders. His popularity grew and his influence on subsequent generations of writers by enhancing the novelistic genre is notable

Despite all his success and his connections with the government, Defoe never achieved stable economic solvency for long. His death in 1731 occurred while fleeing from new creditors

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