"Robinsons Krūzo" ir Daniela Defo romāns, kas pirmoreiz tika publicēts 1719. gadā un vietumis tiek uzskatīts par pirmo romānu angļu valodā. Romāns ir izdomāta autobiogrāfija par kuģa avārijā izglābušos angļu vīrieti, kas pavada 28 gadus attālā tropu salā pie Venecuēlas krastiem, saskaroties ar Amerikas …
Moll Flanders recounts the story of her extraordinary life, from her birth in Newgate prison to her declining years in married prosperity. After being seduced in the home of her adoptive family she lives off her wits and her beauty, as a whore, 'five times a Wife', and a thief, and is eventually transported to …
The haunting cry of "Bring out your dead!" by a bell-ringing collector of 17th-century plague victims has filled readers across the centuries with cold terror. The chilling cry survives in historical consciousness largely as a result of this classic 1722 account of the epidemic of bubonic plague — known as the Black …
"Robinsons Krūzo" ir Daniela Defo romāns, kas pirmoreiz tika publicēts 1719. gadā un vietumis tiek uzskatīts par pirmo romānu angļu valodā. Romāns ir izdomāta autobiogrāfija par kuģa avārijā izglābušos angļu vīrieti, kas pavada 28 gadus attālā tropu salā pie Venecuēlas krastiem, saskaroties ar Amerikas …
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age. By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in …
The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of English pirate Henry Every. The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually …
A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727. Other than Robinson Crusoe, Tour was Defoe's most popular and financially successful work during the eighteenth century. Pat in Defoe’s use of the …