Daniel Defoe
(c. 1660 – 1731)

English writer, journalist and spy

Daniel Defoe

Works edit

The novels and miscellaneous works of Daniel De Foe vol1, vol2, vol3, vol4, vol5, vol6, vol7, vol8, vol9, vol10, vol11, vol12, vol13, vol14, vol15, vol16, vol17, vol 18, vol 19, vol 20

Novels edit

Non-fiction edit

  • Essay upon Projects (1697)
  • Storm (1704)
  • The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (1705)
  • Caledonia, a poem (1706)
  • The Family Instructor (1715)
  • Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717)
  • The History Of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard (1724)
  • A Narrative Of All The Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard (1724)
  • A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain (1724–1727)
  • The Political History of the Devil, As Well Ancient As Modern (1726) (transcription project)
  • A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed (1727) (transcription project)
  • Atlantis Major
  • The Double Welcome
  • Good Advice to the Ladies
  • The Dumb Philosopher

Essays edit

  • The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters (1702)
  • The Great Law of Subordination Consider'd (1704)
  • The Education of Women (1719)
  • Every-body's Business, Is No-body's Business (1725)
  • The Protestant Monastery (1726)
  • Parochial Tyranny (1727)
  • Augusta Triumphans (1728)
  • Second Thoughts are Best (1729)
  • Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe (1720)
  • The Complete English Tradesman (1726)
  • An Essay Upon Literature (1726)
  • Mere Nature Delineated (1726)
  • Conjugal Lewdness (1727)
  • A Plan of the English Commerce (1728)
  • ''Giving Alms no Charity

Works in verse edit

  • The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr (1701)
  • Hymn to the Pillory (1703)
  • An Essay on the Late Storm (1704)

Some contested works attributed to Defoe edit

  • A Friendly Epistle by way of reproof from one of the people called Quakers, to T. B., a dealer in many words (1715).
  • The King of Pirates (1719) – purporting to be an account of the pirate Henry Avery.
  • The Pirate Gow (1725) – an account of John Gow.
  • A General History of the Pyrates (transcription project) (1724, 1725, 1726, 1828) – published in two volumes by Charles Rivington, who had a shop near St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Published under the name of Captain Charles Johnson, it sold in many editions.

Works about Defoe edit

On his works edit

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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