Daniel Defoe

1- Daniel Defoe is sometimes credited with being the “father” of the English novel.

2- His most famous book, Robinson Crusoe, is filled with taut adventure.

3- Defoe’s novel is a fictional autobiography of Crusoe, who survived twenty-eight years on an island before he was rescued.

4- The novel has remained so popular & there is now a real island that bears the hero’s name.

5- The famous author of Robinson Crusoe changed his name in 1703 from Foe to Defoe. He believed that Defoe is “more socially and upward sounding” than Foe is.
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