Daniel Defoe: 520 books

One of the earliest picaresque novels in English, Moll Flanders has both captivated and shocked countless readers since it was first published in 1722. A masterpiece of fiction, written in the form of an autobiographical memoir, the novel describes Moll on the original title page as having been "Born...

In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. 'A Journal' (1722) follows Defoe's...

This classic of English literature tells the story of the fall and eventual redemption of a lone woman in 17th-century England. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age. The titular heroine appears as a whore, bigamist, and...

The full title of Daniel Defoe's 1722 classic is The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, but it is commonly known as Moll Flanders. The authors own introduction to the novel provides an excellent summary of the story: Moll Flanders, who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of...

This carefully crafted ebook: "COLONEL JACK (Adventure Classic)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Colonel Jack follows an orphaned boy from a life of poverty and crime to colonial prosperity, military and marital imbroglios, and religious conversion,...

Daniel Defoe is best known as the author of "Robinson Crusoe", published in 1719. However between 1724 and 1726 he published the three volume work, "A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain". This is a superb and detailed account of what Great Britain was like on the eve...

Daniel Defoe's account of piracy, crime and anarchy on the high seas, combining two chapters of his vast General History Of The Robberies And Murders Of The Most Notorious Pirates (1726) - tells the history of Captain Misson, the French teenage rebel whose life as a freebooter eventually leads him...

Per secoli, il sangue degli inglesi si è raggelato al ricordo del grido "Portate fuori i vostri morti!", il macabro annuncio propagato lungo le vie di Londra dai raccoglitori di cadaveri che attraversavano la città ammucchiando corpi su una carretta. La Grande Peste colpì la capitale...

Daniel Defoe was an English trader and author.  Defoe was a very prolific writer of various topics such as politics, religion, marriage and psychology.  This edition of The King of Pirates includes a table of contents.

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : Il n’est pas rare, en littérature, qu’un livre immortalise un homme et tue l’œuvre entier de l’écrivain. L’abbé Prévôt est l’auteur de Manon Lescaut, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre l’auteur...

He was a British merchant, manufacturer, insurer, and spy, but Daniel Defoe eventually found his true calling as a writer—and his masterful fiction has endeared him to readers all over the world. A prolific author who published over 500 novels, travel guides, pamphlets, and journals, he was best...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders tells the story of the fall and eventual redemption...

Die Geschichte von Robinson Crusoe kann auf das Leben des Abenteurers Alexander Selkirk zurückgeführt werden. Dieser gehörte zur Mannschaft des Freibeuters William Dampier und wurde 1704 nach einem Streit mit seinem Kapitän auf der zum Juan-Fernández-Archipel gehörenden Insel Mas a Tierra, die...

Dieser Roman handelt sowohl vom Krieg in Deutschland, als auch von dem unterschiedlichen Verhalten einzelner Städte und Staaten. Das Buch umfasst jedoch die Politik ganz Europas. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, der durch seinen Roman Robinson Crusoe weltberühmt wurde. Defoe gilt damit als einer der Begründer des englischen Romans.