Defoe, Daniel 1661?-1731

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
7,056 editions published between 1719 and 2011 in 95 languages and held by 8,166 libraries worldwide
The diary of an Englishman shipwrecked for almost thirty years on a small isolated island where, using wit and industry, he manages to build life anew.

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
772 editions published between 1700 and 2011 in 24 languages and held by 5,510 libraries worldwide
Defoe's eighteenth-century picaresque novel of a woman's eventual escape from the life of immorality and wickedness imposed on her by society since her birth.

A journal of the plague year by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
418 editions published between 1722 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 3,806 libraries worldwide
Presents the annotated text of Daniel Defoe's fictionalized account of what it was like to live in London in 1665 when the city was in the grip of plague, and includes background on the London epidemic and other outbreaks, essays on the theme of community in crisis, and critical reviews of the novel.

Roxana, the fortunate mistress; or, A history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards called the Countess de Wintselsheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
262 editions published between 1724 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 2,312 libraries worldwide
Roxana, Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame & fortune. The novel's drama lies in the heroine's attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lesson of her life.

The life, adventures, and pyracies of the famous Captain Singleton: containing an account of ... his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
186 editions published between 1720 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 1,380 libraries worldwide
Bob Singleton goes to sea at the age of twelve, makes a fortune, loses it, and makes another as a pirate before he ultimately reforms.

A general history of the pyrates by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
149 editions published between 1724 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 1,351 libraries worldwide
Of Captain Mission is the first chapter of Volume 2 of A General History of the Robberies and Murder of the Most Notorious Pyrates, first published in 1724. The book was an immediate bestseller, and an expanded edition with Volume 2 was published in 1726. Written when many of the pirates described were still roaming the sea, the stories included vivid descriptions of the famous rogues, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Bartholomew Roberts, along with female pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. In fact, it was this book that established the reputations of many of these pirates. Originally published by "Capt. Charles Johnson," an American Defoe scholar attributed this work to Daniel Defoe in 1932. As a result, Defoe was widely accepted as the author of this book. This is still accepted by many today, although modern scholars have presented evidence that Defoe may not have been the author, the issue of authorship remains a subject for debate.

The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
85 editions published between 1720 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 1,238 libraries worldwide
An Englishman's great resourcefulness enables him to survive for almost thirty years on the desert island where he is shipwrecked.

A tour through the whole island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
266 editions published between 1724 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,225 libraries worldwide
Defoe's remarkable 'Tour', originally published in 1724-6, included an account of journeys in Scotland, and this section is now incorporated in this new two-volume edition. The Scottish part is in some ways unique; firstly it is a valuable piece of social history about eighteenth-century Scotland, of which comparatively little is known, secondly because of the critical period it covers in the relationship of the two countries. Defoe's tour, which draws upon material gathered in the early years of the century, gives a full and well-informed account of conditions in Scotland before and after the Union of the Parliaments in 1707. Defoe was particularly well equipped to write such a survey, since in 1706 he had been entrusted by the English Secretart of State with the delicate task of sounding Scottish opinion on the Union, and with his 'journalistic' flair for spreading propaganda in its favour. He surveyed the country himself, traversing the terrain as far as John o' Groats, and what he saw offered full scope for his gift of vivid description. Defoe was conscientious enough to find out what the indicidual village and town life of his day were like. What he presents for the reader (as well as historian) is an England on the eve of change, and a partial transfer of power from the large landowning class to the bustling, urgent merchants of world trade. (Inside cover)

The history and remarkable life of the truly honourable Col. Jacque, commonly call'd Col. Jack by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
94 editions published between 1722 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,149 libraries worldwide
Rêvant d'une destinée éclatante, Jack, un gamin ramassé dans les rues londoniennes, entend devenir un authentique gentleman. Il y parviendra au terme d'un chemin tumultueux : rapt, voyages forcés, engagements militaires, opérations commerciales risquées, capture par un corsaire français, esclavage... Un roman publié pour la première fois en 1722.

The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders, & c by Daniel Defoe ( Book )
17 editions published between 1722 and 2006 in English and held by 1,058 libraries worldwide
Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shedding family secrets and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia.