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

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Mr.Defoe? What's up?

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"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear." English novelist author of Robinson Crusoe, was born 1660.

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First published in 1724, Captain Charles Johnson’s 'A General History of Pirates' is the most famous, and most influential, book about pirates ever written, becoming the forerunner of the real-life criminal biography genre and inspiring the likes of Defoe’s 'Moll Flanders'.

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) from an edition published in 1884. The artist is Kauffman.

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The last film we saw in cinema before the incident™ is The Lighthouse so this ones for u scary beans man defoe

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731). Illustrations by Kauffman, from an edition published in 1884.

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A cover I created for some time back... Aliens in glass suits turn up one rainy evening in a field in rural England (it’s the late 1600’s) and they attempt to intimidate Mr Defoe who shoots them square in the bollocks. The End.

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It's said the first modern ghost story was 'A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal' a pamphlet written by Daniel Defoe, published in 1706. The haunting was based on an alleged Canterbury incident in which a local woman returned to her friend after death

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DANIEL DEFOE

On the aftermath of the plague

“The people, hardened by the danger they had been in, like seamen after a storm is over, were more wicked and more stupid, more bold and hardened, in their vices and immoralities than they were before."

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My of the day is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. This edition was pub by Macmillan in 1946 for the Junior Library. Hardback & by Lynd Ward.

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Literature in the park: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, first published 15th April 1719.....https://t.co/8nAduKmqui

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Daniel Defoe, legend, died in 1731. He wrote, “Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised.”

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24 Apr 1731: d. Daniel Defoe at Rope Maker's Alley City of (NMM)

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