Daniel Defoe
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title:
Daniel Defoe
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Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in
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17/18th-century English trader, writer and journalist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe
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2001-07-03T16:27:28Z
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2024-09-04T17:56:26Z
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