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Works of Daniel Defoe: Introduction

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Defoe, Daniel

Defoe, Daniel
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Introduction

Introductory Remarks:

Daniel Defoe is best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe. However, his
life encompassed such a diversity of activities that no single word such as
"novelist" adequately describes him. His literary output was enormous, with
some five hundred publications to his credit, but the few works of fiction
were written late in his life. Propagandist and pamphleteer, novelist and
reporter, Defoe also found time to write histories, biographies, travelogues
and poetry. In addition to his literary activities, Defoe also pursued a
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