Biography on Daniel Defoe

Even though Daniel Defoe, a restoration author, is usually remembered for "Robinson Crusoe", he wrote over five hundred different works throughout his life. Defoe, an English novelist, journalist, and pamphleteer, is considered to be the founder of the English novel. According to Liukkonen "he produced some 200 works of nonfiction prose in addition to close to 2,000 short essays in periodical publications, several of which he also edited" (Kirjasto)
Daniel Defoe was born the son of James, a butcher, and Alice Foe. …