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The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe

Richard West

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Description:Daniel Defoe bestrode the age like a colossus. He was both an observer and participant in events - informed and insightful.In this acclaimed biography, West offers both a history of Britain in Defoe’s time as well as an in depth exploration of the life and mind of one of England's greatest and most misunderstood authors. Through this excellent and entertaining work we get the chance to glimpse not only the events which inspired Defoe to write his many masterpieces – including the classic Robinson Crusoe – but follow his career trajectory as tradesman, soldier and spy, to journalist, satirist, pamphleteer and novelist, drawing on his writings and letters from the period.Defoe was a man who experienced his fair share of troubles – from marital difficulties, and poor health, to imprisonment and crippling debt. He was to his lasting shame no businessman, and was hounded by his creditors until his untimely death. But West stresses that it was Defoe’s bankruptcy that led him to become the great novelist we know today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe. To get started finding The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Daniel Defoe bestrode the age like a colossus. He was both an observer and participant in events - informed and insightful.In this acclaimed biography, West offers both a history of Britain in Defoe’s time as well as an in depth exploration of the life and mind of one of England's greatest and most misunderstood authors. Through this excellent and entertaining work we get the chance to glimpse not only the events which inspired Defoe to write his many masterpieces – including the classic Robinson Crusoe – but follow his career trajectory as tradesman, soldier and spy, to journalist, satirist, pamphleteer and novelist, drawing on his writings and letters from the period.Defoe was a man who experienced his fair share of troubles – from marital difficulties, and poor health, to imprisonment and crippling debt. He was to his lasting shame no businessman, and was hounded by his creditors until his untimely death. But West stresses that it was Defoe’s bankruptcy that led him to become the great novelist we know today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe. To get started finding The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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