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Daniel Defoe
(c. 1660 – 1731)

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English writer, journalist and spy

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Works

The novels and miscellaneous works of Daniel De Foe vol1, vol2, vol3, vol4, vol5, vol6, vol7, vol8, vol9, vol10, vol11, vol12, vol13, vol14, vol15, vol16, vol17, vol 18, vol 19, vol 20

Novels

Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Captain Singleton (1720)
Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720)
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719)
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (1722)
Colonel Jack (1722)
A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) (transcription project)
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)

Non-fiction

Essay upon Projects (1697)
Storm (1704)
The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (1705)
Caledonia, a poem (1706)
The Family Instructor (1715)
Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717)
Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or Great Britain's Wonder (1719)
- 1889 edition pub. by George Bell and Sons
The History Of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard (1724)
A Narrative Of All The Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard (1724)
A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain (1724–1727)
- Additions by a contemporary anonymous writer, often included with the Tour and/or misattributed to Defoe: Two Letters from the Journey through England by a Gentleman: Bath in 1722, From Chester to Holyhead.
The Political History of the Devil, As Well Ancient As Modern (1726) (transcription project)
A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed (1727) (transcription project)
Atlantis Major
The Double Welcome
Good Advice to the Ladies
The Dumb Philosopher

Essays

The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters (1702)
The Great Law of Subordination Consider'd (1704)
The Education of Women (1719)
Every-body's Business, Is No-body's Business (1725)
- 1889 ed. pub. by George Bell & Sons
The Protestant Monastery (1726)
Parochial Tyranny (1727)
Augusta Triumphans (1728)
Second Thoughts are Best (1729)
Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe (1720)
The Complete English Tradesman (1726)
An Essay Upon Literature (1726)
Mere Nature Delineated (1726)
Conjugal Lewdness (1727)
A Plan of the English Commerce (1728)
''Giving Alms no Charity

Works in verse

The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr (1700)
Hymn to the Pillory (1703)
An Essay on the Late Storm (1704)

Some contested works attributed to Defoe

A Friendly Epistle by way of reproof from one of the people called Quakers, to T. B., a dealer in many words (1715).
The King of Pirates (1719) – purporting to be an account of the pirate Henry Avery.
The Pirate Gow (1725) – an account of John Gow.
A General History of the Pyrates (transcription project) (1724, 1725, 1726, 1828) – published in two volumes by Charles Rivington, who had a shop near St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Published under the name of Captain Charles Johnson, it sold in many editions.
Voyage to Great Britain, containing an Account of England and Scotland (written 1731) as "Don Manoel Gonzales"; part of "A Collection of Voyages and Travels, compiled from the Library of the Earl of Oxford, interspersed and illustrated with Notes." [Harleian Collection] (coll. 1745-1746). Including "London in 1731: Containing a Description of the City of London; Both in Regard to its Extent, Buildings, Government, Trade, Etc." (pub. 1888, Cassell & Company Limited)

Works about Defoe

"Defoe, Daniel," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 7) (1878)
"Defoe, Daniel," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Defoe, Daniel," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Defoe, Daniel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

On his works

"Robinson Crusoe," by W. P. Trent in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1931, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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