Литература на английском языке — Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe (c. 1660–1731) - an English writer, trader, journalist, and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison Robinson Crusoe was first published on 25 April 1719. Crusoe sets sail from the Queen's Dock in Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes...

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain is an account of author's travels, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727. Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime's experience to the tradition of travel writing as a businessman, a soldier, an economic journalist and a spy. This book is not only a...

Иллюстрированный роман Даниеля Дефо «Жизнь, необыкновенные и удивительные приключения Робинзона Крузо, моряка из Йорка, прожившего 28 лет в полном одиночестве на необитаемом острове у берегов Америки близ устьев реки Ориноко, куда он был выброшен кораблекрушением, во время которого весь экипаж корабля, кроме него, погиб, с изложением его неожиданного освобождения пиратами; написанные им самим» на английском языке вошел в коллекцию классической детской литературы «Читаем детскую классику в...