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DANIEL DEFOE: THE LIFE AND STRANGE, SURPRISING ADVENTURES.(Review)

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From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife
Date: 19990601
Author:Zaleski, Philip

DANIEL DEFOE: THE LIFE AND STRANGE, SURPRISING ADVENTURES. By RICHARD WEST. Carroll & Graf. 427 pp. $26.

THE BEST PHYSICAL description of Daniel Defoe comes to us, fittingly, from a wanted poster: "a middle siz'd spare man, about 40 years old, of a brown complexion, and dark brown-coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes and a large mole near his mouth."

This unappealing description was issued by the Earl of Nottingham in 1702 against "Daniel de Foe, alias De Fooe," sought for "high crimes and misdemeanour" for publishing an anonymous parody ...

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