Years ago, in these pages, I confessed that I have read Daniel Defoe’s 1719 fictional tale, “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” multiple times, as well as listened to the audio version. Crusoe’s ...
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) remains one of the most prolific English novelists, journalists, and pamphleteers. Defoe is counted among the earliest innovators of the English novel. This author can indeed ...