title: Robinson Crusoe: The Complete Adventures (Vol.1 - Vol.2) : (Illustrated Edition)
author: Daniel Defoe
description: Daniel Defoe (c. 1660  24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and, along with others such as Samuel Richardson, is among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.
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  The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808)
  
  
  THE LIFE OF DE FOE
  
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  # The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808)
  
  
  ### Daniel Defoe
  
  
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  THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
  
  
  by DANIEL DE FOE
  
  
  London.
  
  
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  [Illustration: I had one labour to make me a Canoe, which at last I
  
  
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  ### THE LIFE OF DE FOE
  
  
  Daniel De Foe was descended from a respectab