Daniel Defoe
Biography
- 1660 – 1731
- Born in London, England
- Was an English writer, merchant, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy.
- Produced more than 300 works
- Books
- Pamphlets
- Journals
- His most famous novel Robinson Crusoe is second only to Bible in the number of translations.
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Notable Works
Robinson Crusoe – a story of a solitary castaway’s survival on an uninhabited island.
A Journal of the Plague Year – in 1665 plague swept through London. Defoe’s narrator traces the progress of the plague through the streets of London.
Impact on History
Defoe was a pioneer of business journals and economic journalism
His works continue to entertain people of all ages
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Daniel Defoe Quotes List
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Spiritual / Emotional
All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
Now I looked back upon my desolate, solitary island as the most pleasant place in the world and all the happiness my heart could wish for was to be but there again.
Thus, we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.