Four illustrations from a 1884 edition of 'The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner' by Daniel Defoe (c.1660–1731). Published by T. Fisher Unwin.

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"Aprendí a considerar más el aspecto brillante de mi situación que lo que me faltaba, y este recurso, a veces, me proporcionó tan inefable consuelo, que apenas puedo expresarlo”

Hace 288 años moría su autor

Ed. Media Vaca
Ilustraciones:

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in 1731, Daniel Defoe died. Defoe owned property in Colchester & likely lived here for a period, partly setting his novel Moll Flanders in the town.
He said "Colchester is an ancient corporation; the town is large, very populous; the streets fair and beautiful..."

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Michael Pare, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Willem Defoe, Amy Madigan, Rick Rossovich and Bill Paxton all star in Walter Hill's 1984 underrated Rock n' Roll Fable - Streets Of Fire. I loved this movie as a kid and re-watching it had me fall in love with it all over again.

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Making Weather: Communication Networks and the Great Storm of 1703
by Sean Silver, ECF 30.4, Summer 2018
https://t.co/aLZiNxkzjG

See the article abstract in the first picture here.

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“His hair is so beautiful.”- my four-year-old daughter talking about Daniel Defoe

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In 1705 a haunting took place in Canterbury,which is said to have inspired the world's first modern ghost story 'The Apparition of Mrs Veal' by Daniel Defoe. Here's a couple of early panels for my graphic novel adaptation illustrated by the talented -keep those fires lit!

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1703 “the Greatest and the Longest storm that ever the
World saw.” Daniel Defoe collects eye-witness accounts:

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ECF authors' innovative research into some of the classics: Defoe, Richardson, Austen, it-narratives https://t.co/Te8JJ9BL0p

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“It is never too late to be wise.”
📖 Robinson Crusoe.
Daniel Defoe, trader, writer and spy, died in 1731.

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Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth*

Published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, NY, 1920*

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Jermain Man. keeps banging in the goals. What an artist!

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