The Complete Novels of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: "Robinson Crusoe" Defoe's most famous novel tells the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island for thirty years and his subsequent adventures. "Captain Singleton" an adventure story that covers a traversal of Africa and taps into the contemporary fascination with piracy. "Colonel Jack" follows an orphaned boy from a life of poverty and crime to colonial prosperity, military imbroglios, and religious conversion, driven by a tricky notion of becoming a "gentleman." "Moll Flanders" tells the story of the fall and eventual redemption of a lone woman in 17th-century England. "Memoirs of a Cavalier" is set during the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War. It is presented as a military journal of the Wars in Germany and England. "A Journal of the Plague Year" This biographical novel is an account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" The novel follows the adventures of a young woman from wealth, to prostitution, to freedom. "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" The sequel to "Robinson" describes how Crusoe traveled back in Bedford. Criticism: Robinson Crusoe by Arthur Quiller-Couch Robinson Crusoe by W. P. Trent Biographies: The Life of Daniel De Foe by George Chalmers Daniel Defoe by William Minto The Earlier Life of Daniel Defoe by Henry Morley Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), was an English writer, journalist, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

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