Defoe: 532 books

The author created an imaginary country called Atlantis to tell some truths about his own. The Atlantis was an image of the Great Britain at that time. In this book the author described the problems of the governmental policy, the problems of its structure and some other aspects. The scholarly introduction...

English writer Daniel Defoe was an important early figure in the development of the novel, and his works Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders are key examples of his influence. This short piece, originally published as an anonymous pamphlet, recounts a reportedly true encounter with the spirit realm.

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks [Horatio Alger, Jr] Tom Swift and His Wireless Message [Victor Appleton] Gulliver of Mars Edwin [Lester Arnold] The Lust of Hate Guy [Newell Boothby] Cabin...

Sometimes you want to read in French. Sometimes you want to read in English. There’s a great option: bilingual books! Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the French books to enjoy since you can...

ROBINSON CRUSOÉ (Edition Intégrale ''Tomes 1 et 2'' - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Daniel Defoe Descriptif : L'intrigue principale du roman se déroule sur une île déserte où Robinson survit pendant 28 ans. Pendant son séjour forcé, il fait connaissance...

According to Wikipedia: "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known simply as Moll Flanders) is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer." "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (popularly known as Fanny Hill) is an erotic novel by...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. "The True-Born Englishman" is a satirical...

Craving action on the high seas? Dive into "The King of Pirates," a rip-roaring adventure tale recounting the exploits of the infamous Captain Avery and written by Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Fans of classic pirate stories definitely will not be disappointed.

  In Gideon Defoe’s fifth Pirates! adventure, the dashing Pirate Captain and his intrepid crew encounter perhaps the most swashbuckling poets in history: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley’s fiancée, Mary Godwin.   While visiting the shores of Lake Geneva to restore their spirits...

Moll Flanders (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Daniel Defoe Résumé : Moll Flanders est l’histoire d’une jeune femme née et abandonnée dans la Prison de Newgate, et qui est forcée de se débrouiller seule pour faire sa vie. ...

Moll Flanders e Lady Roxana sono i primi esempi di romanzo di costume della tradizione letteraria inglese. Il rude realismo di Defoe e la sua vitalità quasi animalesca danno vita in quest’opera a un personaggio femminile di grande carattere, come emerge dal lungo titolo originale: «Fu dodici anni...

Tema costante nelle opere di Daniel Defoe è la lotta spietata per la vita, sorretta sempre da una grande fiducia nelle proprie forze, nel proprio buon diritto, in un Dio a misura d’uomo che arriva in soccorso delle persone generose. Moll Flanders, scritto nel 1722, è un grande ritratto di donna dalla vita avventurosa ed il primo romanzo di costume della tradizione letteraria inglese.

Lady Roxana conclude il ciclo dei grandi romanzi di Defoe. Implacabile documentario duna lotta quotidiana per lesistenza, narra le vicende di una giovinetta di modeste origini, che la sorte giovane sposa, cinque volte madre e subito vedova e il carattere indipendente spingono allavidità e allambizione:...

Vi sono alcuni libri, nei secoli, che escono dalla letteratura per diventare mitologia: il personaggio, il disegno della vicenda, assurgono in questi casi a un valore universale, e le generazioni che si succedono nel tempo vi riconoscono, volta a volta, i significati che il loro angolo visuale riesce...