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....

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...

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

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

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

This work is the prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates of that era and shaped the popular notions about pirates of the day....

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...

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....

Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish...

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

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

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....

When his ship is wrecked in a storm, Robinson Crusoe finds himself stranded on a desert island with no one to help him and no chance of rescue....

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....

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

"Robinson Crusoe" ist ein Roman von Daniel Defoe, der die Geschichte eines Seemannes erzählt, der mehrere Jahre auf einer Insel als Schiffbrüchiger...

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....

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....

Shipwrecked and cast ashore onto an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe ingeniously carves out a solitary, primitive existence for 24 years....

"The Storm" (1704) is a founding document of modern journalism. It tells of the events of November 1703, when a hurricane struck...