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Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote Robinson Crusoe in 1719, which was greatly influential in the development of the novel.

An active pamphleteer and political critic, he was imprisoned 1702-1704 following publication of the ironic The Shortest Way With Dissenters. Fictional works include Moll Flanders 1722 and A Journal of the Plague Year in 1724. Altogether he produced over 500 books, pamphlets, and journals.

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Tags: novelist, journalist, writer, pamphlets

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