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One of the gorgeous illustrations from the 1884 edition of "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe https://t.co/ZfVzFpY5Vv

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2021-11-21

Defoe or Brad Dourif would be excellent! https://t.co/sJJXngtQQe

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2021-11-06

Jermain Defoe - born on this day 39 years ago...

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2021-10-08

It would have been easier to just draw the green goblin but I wanted to Draw Willem Defoe as green goblin.

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2021-08-25

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.” Daniel Defoe

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2021-07-31

Some colour tests I did on ep1 of published in BW in ...I think it would’ve been a knock-out in colour. Get digital or paper progs via the website....BEGINS 2150 ENDS 2161 —> https://t.co/hzz8mUcX98…

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2021-07-16

1719 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe" based on real life experience of Alexander Selkirk, of Largo, Fife, Scotland, who in 1676, spent 4 yrs as castaway on uninhabited island. Was Defoe's 1st long work of fiction, introduces Crusoe & Friday. https://t.co/b3HiS3w2y3

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2021-04-26

📖 in the of 25 April 1719, published ROBINSON CRUSOE, the first English novel. Authorship was originally credited to the protagonist, leading early readers to believe it was an historical travelogue of true events.

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2021-04-25

"25 avril 1719 : Publication de
Le 1er septembre 1651, Robinson Crusoé s'embarque pour 28 ans d'aventures... C'est du moins ce que raconte Daniel Defoe dans son roman paru le 25 avril 1719" https://t.co/PmGEVGhJFU

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2021-04-25

Died 24Apr1731 was an English trader, writer, journalist, and spy most famous for his novel "#RobinsonCrusoe." He was also often in debtors' prison and the cause of his death was labelled lethargy but he probably had a stroke.

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2021-04-24

"It is never too late to be wise."

Daniel Defoe, who died 1731. In his writing career, he used 198+ different pen-names, making it hard to identify all his works. He was often in debt, & was probably hiding from creditors when he died. Defoe was buried in Bunhill Fields.

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2021-04-24

The Guide to The English were themselves foreigners, invaders who eventually assimilated into one nation. The newcomers would assimilate as well, given the chance, implied. https://t.co/4XL6yyEVg9

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2021-04-20

"L'infezione non si diffondeva tanto per via dei malati quanto per via dei sani, o meglio delle persone apparentemente sane. I malati erano riconosciuti per tali, stavano nei loro letti e ognuno aveva modo di guardarsi da loro".







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2021-04-03

reading Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year" A morbid choice but fascinating given our current circumstances...so many parallels. Defoe was only five in 1665 but it is known he carried out a lot of research for the book

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2021-03-27

The Guide to understood the biological and cultural reality of Englishness 300 years ago. https://t.co/4XL6yyEVg9

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2021-03-16

Updated bios for Lance & Defoe, as of Chapter 8 in the story.

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2021-01-21