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Daniel Defoe, Other fiction had an influence on the development of the…
Daniel Defoe
LIFE
He was born in
1660
in
London
into a
Puritan
family
He kept
changing jobs
His unfortunate speculations bring him to go
bankrupt
.
he
died
in London in 1731,
alone and full of debt
.
He became a
novelist
thanks to
Robinson Crusoe
Story of a shipwrecked sailor that manages to survive alone on a desert island.
Moll Flanders
a poor girl, thanks to her physical beauty and her intelligence, finds a way for herself in the world.
HIS WORKS
He wrote in prose
mostly
essays, pamphlets and travel books
.
But also newspapers and magazines
foundation of
modern journalism
Other fiction had an
influence on the development of the genre.
Journal of the Plague Year
Report of the terrible plague that struck London in 1665.
Memoirs of a Cavalier
it's a
forerunner of the historical novel.