Famous authors · 18th century
Daniel Defoe
1660 to 1731 · English · Literary fiction, Adventure
What sets their writing apart: Study Defoe for the illusion of the real: first-person circumstantial detail, inventories and plain reportage that make invented events read as fact. A model for grounding fiction in concrete, verifiable-sounding specifics.
Notable works
- Robinson Crusoe (1719)
- Captain Singleton (1720)
- Moll Flanders (1722)
- Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)
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