Daniel Defoe

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

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Produktbeschreibung

Chapter I - Start in Life, Chapter II - Slavery and Escape, Chapter III - Wrecked on a Desert Island, Chapter IV - First Weeks on the Island, Chapter V - Builds a House-The Journal, Chapter VI - Ill and Conscience-Stricken, Chapter VII - Agricultural Experience, Chapter VIII - Surveys his Position, Chapter IX - A Boat, Chapter X - Tames Goats, Chapter XI - Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand, Chapter XII - A Cave Retreat, Chapter XIII - Wreck of a Spanish Ship, Chapter XIV - A Dream Realised, Chapter XV - Friday's Education, Chapter XVI - Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals, Chapter XVII - Visit of Mutineers, Chapter XVIII - The Ship Recovered, Chapter XIX - Return to England, Chapter XX - Fight between Friday and a Bear.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Maven Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 337g
• ISBN-13: 9789387488786
• ISBN-10: 9387488780
• Artikelnr.: 62606000

Autorenporträt

Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 - 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is 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 and often was in trouble with the authorities, including a spell in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted with him. Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works-books, pamphlets, and journals-on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism. From 1719 to 1724, Defoe published the novels for which he is famous (see below). In the final decade of his life, he also wrote conduct manuals, including Religious Courtship (1722), The Complete English Tradesman (1726) and The New Family Instructor (1727). He published a number of books decrying the breakdown of the social order, such as The Great Law of Subordination Considered (1724) and Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business (1725) and works on the supernatural, like The Political History of the Devil (1726), A System of Magick (1727) and An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions (1727). His works on foreign travel and trade include A General History of Discoveries and Improvements (1727) and Atlas Maritimus and Commercialis (1728). Perhaps his greatest achievement with the novels is the magisterial A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-27), which provided a panoramic survey of British trade on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.