Daniel Defoe clearly relied on his imagination to write his history, but where he invented scenes it was in the spirit of a larger truth Before we even began reading A Journal of the Plague Year ...

In 1722, Daniel Defoe pulled off one of the great literary hoaxes of all time. A Journal of the Plague Year, he called his latest book. The title page promises “observations of the most remarkable ...

Years ago, in these pages, I confessed that I have read Daniel Defoe’s 1719 fictional tale, “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” multiple times, as well as listened to the audio version. Crusoe’s ...

Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, ...

On Daniel Defoe: The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures by Richard West. Boswell records that Samuel Johnson had read Daniel Defoe and “allowed a considerable share of merit to a man, who, bred a ...

Daniel Defoe, a prolific English novelist and journalist, is celebrated for his early contributions to the novel form. His works, like "Robinson Crusoe," showcase keen observation of human nature and ...

The busy beaches of South Shields on a sunny day are a far cry from the desolate sands on which Robinson Crusoe found himself stranded in the most famous episode of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel. Did you ...