Daniel Defoe

Broschiertes Buch

The Life And Adventures Of Mr. Duncan Campbell

To Which Are Added, The Dumb Philosopher, And Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business (1841)

Beschreibung

The Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell is a book written by Daniel Defoe in 1841. The book is a fictionalized account of the life of Mr. Duncan Campbell, a Scottish man who was born with the ability to predict the future and communicate with the dead. The book follows Mr. Campbell's life from his childhood in Scotland to his travels throughout Europe as a fortune-teller and healer.In addition to the story of Mr. Campbell's life, the book also includes two other works by Defoe: The Dumb Philosopher, a satirical essay about a man who is unable to speak but is still able to communicate his ideas, and Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business, a humorous essay about the problems that arise when everyone tries to mind everyone else's business.Overall, The Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell is a fascinating and entertaining work of fiction that offers a unique glimpse into the world of fortune-telling and the supernatural in 18th-century Europe.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9781437320527
• ISBN-10: 143732052X
• Artikelnr.: 25861631