Daniel Defoe

Widely regarded as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is one of the most popular and influential adventure stories of all time....

Loosely based on a true account of a Scottish sailor—Alexander Selkirk—this is a tale of a shipwrecked man’s fall from grace and progress to redemption....

In this satirical faux autobiography, Moll Flanders, abandoned at birth, sets her rebellious heart on a life of independence - no matter what it takes....

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Three is the third instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Three features 10 essential works that reach further back into early Greek and Italian stories from Dante, Machiavelli, and Homer...

Robinson Crusoe is considered by many to be the first novel in the English language....

Michael Maloney reads Daniel Defoe's timeless tale of a man who has to use all his own skills to survive alone on an island....

Classic Tales Of Horror offers up fifteen slices of powerful story-telling from the world's great mystery & classic horror authors....

First published in March 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100,000 people, Journal of the Plague Year is a compelling portrait of life during London's horrific bubonic plague....

This collection contains adventure novels from various authors, recognized masters who have become classics in this genre. None of the works included in...

When mariner Robinson Crusoe sails from London to the African coast to Brazil, his unpredictable voyage takes a catastrophic course. The lone survivor of a shipwreck, he washes ashore on an Atlantic island. Resourceful and determined to contend with providence and nature, he finds his...

Here is Daniel Defoe's honest portrayal of one woman's struggle for economic survival in an unsympathetic world....

"I presume we need make no Apology for giving the Name of a History to the following Sheets, though they contain nothing but the Actions of a Parcel of Robbers." (From the book) This work was published in 1724, under the pseudonym Captain Charles Johnson, by an unknown British author, usually...

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a book written by Daniel Defoe. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, read by Daniel Weyman. After surviving a terrible shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island far from any shipping routes or rescue. At first he is devastated, but slowly, with patience and...

Included. The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe,. Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin,. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,...

Born in Newgate Prison and abandoned soon after, Moll Flanders is searching for a secure place in society....

This choice collection of spine tingling tales runs the gamut from slightly spooky to "I'm sleeping with all the lights on tonight!" A splendid grouping of tales from the pens of some of the great writers of the past. Enjoy these classic stories alone or with a friend, whenever your ears are free.

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London]...

Abandoned and destitute, Roxana harnesses her faculties to change her fortunes. With her wits, her looks and her loyal maid Amy, she flouts all the rules, transforming herself from penniless widow to celebrated courtesan, dressed in finery and cavorting with princes.

Young Robinson Crusoe has a burning ambition to be a sailor. Paying no attention to his parents’ warnings he runs away to sea to embark on a series of thrilling adventures: struggles with Barbary pirates, a shipwreck and the extraordinary meeting with Man Friday... Roy Marsden plays the older...