Daniel Defoe - Libros y biografía

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Der Klassiker der Seuchenliteratur in neuer Übersetzung. In den Jahren 1665 und 1666 erlebte das südliche England eine der letzten großen Pestepidemien Europas. Allein in London forderte diese rund 70.000...

Aktueller denn je: das »Pesttagebuch« von Daniel Defoe. Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur.

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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 and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own 'wicked' life as...

"Bringt eure Toten raus!" Dieser von Glockenläuten begleitete Ruf der in den Straßen umherfahrenden Leichensammler hat Leser über die Jahrhunderte mit kaltem Grauen erfüllt. Daniel Defoe, der bekannte...

Daniel Defoe gives an account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague or the bubonic plague struck the city of London. Presented as an eyewitness account of the events at...

AS the Pyrates in the West-Indies have been so formidable and numerous, that they have interrupted the Trade of Europe into those Parts; and our English Merchants, in particular, have suffered more by...

In March, 1724, was published the narrative in which Defoe came, perhaps even nearer than in Moll Flanders, to writing what we today call a novel, namely: The Fortunate Mistress; or, a History of the...

The Subject is singular, and it has been handled after a singular Manner: The wise World has been pleased with it, the merry World has been diverted with it, and the ignorant World has been taught by...

I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and...

The world is so taken up of late with novels and romances, that it will be hard for a private history to be taken for genuine, where the names and other circumstances of the person are concealed, and...

Robinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. Encouraged by his father to study law, Crusoe expresses his wish to...

"Bringt eure Toten raus!" Dieser von Glockenläuten begleitete Ruf der in den Straßen umherfahrenden Leichensammler hat Leser über die Jahrhunderte mit kaltem Grauen erfüllt. Daniel Defoe, der bekannte...

Defoe’s classic story of adventure and survival as a shipwrecked Englishman finds himself stranded on a deserted island.After a fierce storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is marooned on an uncharted island,...

'The Life of Mr. Richard Savage' is an incredibly interesting true crime book by Daniel Defoe. The book examines the case of the poet Richard Savage who murdered a man during a brawl in 1727. The salacious...

'The Lay-Man's Sermon Upon the Late Storm' is a thought-provoking political pamphlet written by Daniel Defoe. In this essay, Defoe discusses the Church of England's reaction to the great storm of 1703...

'A bloody nation, barbarous and rude' is how Daniel Defoe describes England in his hilarious poem 'The True-Born Englishman'. The poem is a satire about the stupidity of xenophobia. Defoe mocks the idea...

'A General History of the Pyrates' is a captivating account of some of history's most notorious pirates. The author, writing as Captain Charles Johnson, blends fiction and non-fiction to provide readers...

'The King of Pirates' is an entertaining and creative story by Daniel Defoe. Written as Captain Avery, the notorious and feared pirate king, the book is told in two letters as Avery reveals the truth...

'The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders' is one of Daniel Defoe's most celebrated novels. It tells the story of Moll Flanders, a charming con woman, from an autobiographical perspective....

"I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm." The daughter of a convicted mother, Moll Flanders – a tough and self-assertive young woman – must learn early on how to look out for herself. When...

Daniel Defoe's last novel, 'Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress' is a biographical account of a woman's fight for survival. Having recently become penniless, Roxana is forced to resort to sexual services in...

"Robinson Crusoe" is Daniel Defoe's best and most popular novel. It is structured like an autobiography of the main character, depicting his castaway adventures on a lonely island for 28 years. Defoe's...

"Memoirs of a Cavalier" is a literary sleight of hand. Written in the style of an eyewitness account, it's actually a work of fiction—a trick Defoe would repeat in his later book "A Journal of a Plague...

Jack lives his life as an outcast. He cares only about two things - trade and crime. Together with his two brothers, he wreaks havoc and indulges in a multitude of different professions, not all of them...

"The Storm" (1704) is a founding document of modern journalism. It tells of the events of November 1703, when a hurricane struck Britain. It is composed of verbatim eyewitness accounts, solicited from...

Robinson Crusoe é o único sobrevivente de um desastre que matou toda a tripulação do navio em que viajava. Ele passa a viver sozinho numa ilha deserta onde deve usar toda sua inteligência e coragem para...

'Lord have mercy upon us'. If these words were painted on your door, it could only mean one thing—you were one of the infected. In the years 1665 and 1666, the bubonic plague ravaged London. Bodies piled...

Edition enrichie (Présentation, notes, dossier, filmographie, chronologie et bibliographie)Après quelques premières expéditions, Robinson Crusoé, marin d’York, s’embarque pour la Guinée le 1er septembre...