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Daniel Defoe   /dˈænjəl dɪfˈoʊ/   Listen
Daniel Defoe

noun
1.
English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).  Synonym: Defoe.






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"Daniel Defoe" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1719 by Daniel Defoe, the son of a butcher, when he was over sixty years of age. His son deserted and deceived him, as Robinson Crusoe deserted and deceived his father, and it almost ...
— The Junior Classics, V5 • Edited by William Patten

... Alexander Selkirk, who was left there from one of Lord Anson's ships, and a first-rate writer—Daniel Defoe by name— got hold of his account, on which he founded the story ...
— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston



Words linked to "Daniel Defoe" :   writer, Defoe, author



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