The Complete Novels of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)
Autor: | Daniel Defoe |
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EAN: | 9788026867449 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 31.07.2016 |
Untertitel: | Adventure Classics, Pirate Tales & Sea Novels: The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Captain Singleton, Moll Flanders, Memoirs of a Cavalier, A Journal of the Plague Year, Colonel Jack, Roxana... |
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Schlagworte: | 17th-century England Adventure novels Colonial prosperity English writer Historical fiction Literary classic Long-term survival Piracy fascination Plague outbreak Shipwreck adventure |
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This carefully crafted ebook: 'The Complete Novels of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)' is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:
Novels:
'Robinson Crusoe' - Defoe's most famous novel tells the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island for thirty years and his subsequent adventures.
'Captain Singleton' - an adventure story that covers a traversal of Africa and taps into the contemporary fascination with piracy.
'Colonel Jack' - follows an orphaned boy from a life of poverty and crime to colonial prosperity, military imbroglios, and religious conversion, driven by a tricky notion of becoming a 'gentleman.'
'Moll Flanders' - tells the story of the fall and eventual redemption of a lone woman in 17th-century England.
'Memoirs of a Cavalier' - is set during the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War. It is presented as a military journal of the Wars in Germany and England.
'A Journal of the Plague Year' - This biographical novel is an account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London.
'Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress' - The novel follows the adventures of a young woman from wealth, to prostitution, to freedom.
'The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' - The sequel to 'Robinson' describes how Crusoe traveled back in Bedford.
Criticism:
Robinson Crusoe by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Robinson Crusoe by W. P. Trent
Biographies:
The Life of Daniel De Foe by George Chalmers
Daniel Defoe by William Minto
The Earlier Life of Daniel Defoe by Henry Morley
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), was an English writer, journalist, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.