The School of Affliction I have learnt more Philosophy than at theĪcademy, and more Divinity than from the Pulpit: In Prison I have Remainder of his life, which he once summoned: "In Throughout his life, Defoe wrote about mercantile projects,īut his business ventures failed and left him with large debts,Īmounting over seventeen thousand pounds. Plunged into politics and trade, travelling extensively in Europe. He studied at Charles Morton's Academy, London.Īlthough his Nonconformist father intended him for the ministry, Defoe Who did not belong to the Anglican Church – occasionally comes throughĭefoe's writing. Jamesįoe's stubborn puritanism – the The Foes were Dissenters, Protestants Hisįather was a City tradesman and member of the Butchers’ Company. On the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand." (from Robinson Crusoe )ĭaniel Defoe was born in London, the son of Alice and James Foe. "One day, about noon, going towards myīoat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot He produced some 200 works of nonfiction prose in addition toĬlose 2 000 short essays in periodical publications, several of which Before his time stories were usually written as long poems orĭramas. Samuel Richardson, Defoe is considered the founder of the English (1719), a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Zĭaniel Defoe - Born toward the of the summer of 1660, died on April 24, 1731- original surname Foe, Defoe altered it in 1703
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