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While some critics categorize it as a historical novel, much debate has taken place over whether Daniel Defoes A Journal of the Plague Year is actually a novel or a non-fictional work. The story is set in 1665, the year of the title, and describes the horrors of the devastating pestilence that struck London at that time. The events are narrated by H.F., which suggests that Defoe has based his work on the diaries of his uncle, Henry Foe. H.F. is a man who decides not to leave the city despi...

34 Complete Works of Daniel DefoeA Journal of the Plague YearA New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed BeforeA Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of MarlboroghA True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. VealAn Appeal to Honour and Justice Though It Be of His Worst EnemiesAn Essay on ProjectsAn Humble Proposal to the People of EnglandAnd What if the Pretender should ComeAtalantis Major

I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called—nay we call our...

The story follows the titular character, Robinson Crusoe, who is a young Englishman with a thirst for adventure. Against the wishes of his parents, Crusoe sets out on a sea voyage that ends in disaster when his ship is wrecked by a storm. He becomes the sole survivor and finds himself stranded on a remote island in the Caribbean.Alone on the island, Crusoe must learn to survive and adapt to his surroundings. He constructs shelter, hunts for food, and cultivates crops. Over the years, he fa...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find the complete novels and stor...

'I liv'd indeed like a Queen; or if you will have me confess, that my Condition had still the Reproach of a Whore, I may say, I was sure, the Queen of Whores.' Left destitute by her husband, the heroine of Defoe's final novel has to choose between her virtue and her life. Choosing survival, she makes her way as a kept woman and courtesan. The Fortunate Mistress (1724), also known under the title Roxana, tells the story of how she climbs society's ladder b...

Daniel Defoe earned the title 'The Father of the Novel' when he wrote "Robinson Crusoe" - the first example of the modern popular novel as we know it.He followed this success up with a huge number of other writings, which are included in this great anthology - covering novels, shorter fiction, poetry, travel writing, and his massive collection of non-fiction writing, including his seminal 'History of the Pyrates', which provides us with so much of our modern information on the subj...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen]- The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius]- Meditations [Marcus Aurelius]- Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen]- Lady Susan par [Jane Austen]- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum]- The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie]- The Blazing World [Margaret Cavendish]- The Wisdom of Father Brown [Gilber...

'The most reliable and comprehensive account of the Great Plague that we possess' Anthony BurgessIn 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. 'A Journal' (1722) follows Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague thr...

First published in 1722, this unabridged edition of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year covers events in London, England, in 1665 as the bubonic plague spread throughout the city. Though a work of historical fiction, the book includes accurate historical details, charts, statistics, and government documents. Defoe's narrator follows the spread of the plague and relates how powerful families and government officials tried to hide the disease to avoid inconvenience and public panic. ...