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Defoe (Career (famous and well-paid intelectual by writing political…
Defoe
Career
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made three appearances at the pillory, which turned into triumph when his friends threw flowers at him
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at 60, he started to write novels
Novels
Roxana, deals with the adventures of a high society woman who exploits her beauty to obtain what she wants
Defoe, thanks to the success of his novels, reached a comfortable standard of life
Moll Flanders, about the adventures of a woman born in Newgate Prison in London
but he was haunted by his creditors until his death, in 1731
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Early years
Newington Green, one of the best Dissenting academies
his father wanted for him a religious carreer, but he started to work
family of Dissenters, a Protestant sect which refused the authority of the Church of England
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