Daniel Defoe

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Robinson Crusoe

Beschreibung

This collector's edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading. 12 point Garamond, 1.15 spacing. Robinson Crusoe's parents want him to have a responsible, safe life. However, true to his rebellious nature, he takes off to sea, fulfills his youthful desires for voyages and encounters different people and numerous misfortunes. With many trying journeys under his belt, he ends up a castaway on a deserted island where he lives for twenty-eight years. Miraculously, after decades, he rescues a man he names "Friday" and acquires other companions following various exciting, edge-of-your-seat adventures. One of the first novels ever written, Robinson Crusoe remains a fantastic and amusing book. It is sure to hold the reader's attention and be remembered long after it is put down. As thrilling to travel- and adventure-lovers today as it was in 1719.

Autor

Daniel Foe was born in London c. 1660, the son of James, a prosperous chandler and Presbyterian dissenter. He lived through the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of 1666, which left only his and two other houses standing in the area. As a general merchant, he was able to buy a country estate and a ship, though he was nearly always in debt. He joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, but was pardoned. However, he spent a spell in debtor's prison, after which he travelled Europe and Scotland, returning in 1695, when, now surnamed Defoe, he began serving as a Commissioner of the Glass Duty and, in 1696, running a brick and tile factory. He became a prolific pamphleteer, which led him to the pillory and Newgate Prison. In exchange for his liberty, he agreed to work as an intelligence agent for the Tories, then as a propagandist for the Whigs, and then as a mouthpiece for the Anglo-Scottish Union. His novels and non-fiction books occupied him from the mid 1710s until his death in 1731.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Magdalene Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781773351179
• ISBN-10: 1773351176
• Artikelnr.: 54640578