Showing posts with label Daniel Defoe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Defoe. Show all posts

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred two.

                                              Daniel Defoe.

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“Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised”

“He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.”

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2007.Daniel_Defoe  

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Great people: Daniel Defoe.

Daniel Defoe or Daniel Foe was born in 1660, in London, England. He was an English writer.


Robinson Crusoe was an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe. It was published in 1719.


Defoe had a wife and children.

He died on April 24, 1731, in London, England.


Monday, July 2, 2018

Literature. Part forty.

                                           Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

This famous novel was published on April 25, 1719, in the United Kingdom. Author said that his book was an allegory.

Young Robinson Crusoe wanted to travel to the sea. He met a lot of adventures on his way. After shipwreck Robinson appeared on the deserted island. He lived there for twenty eight years.

Character did different things for his life. Also, Robinson Crusoe met a tribe of cannibals. He saved one man from them and called him "Friday". They became friends

At the end Robinson was saved and returned home.

There are many illustrations and movies about this story. Novel was translated different languages.

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Daniel Defoe's classic characters, Robinson Crusoe, and his companion Friday, with their animals on an isolated island. 1875 Currier and Ives print.