Daniel Defoe (1660–1731), English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist, is considered the founder of the English novel and is most famous as the author of Robinson Crusoe .
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Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, was Defoe's first novel and survives as his best-known work. Loosely based on a true account of a Scottish sailor-Alexander Selkirk-it is a tale of one man's fall from grace and progress to redemption. The account of Cr... SEE MORE