Daniel Defoe Books In Order
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Robinson Crusoe | (1719) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner | (1719) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | (1719) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | (1720) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robinson Crusoe is a collection of The Life and Further Adventures. |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Consolidator | (1705) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal | (1706) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King of Pirates | (1719) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Captain Singleton | (1720) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memoirs of a Cavalier | (1720) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moll Flanders | (1722) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Colonel Jack | (1722) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
History of the Plague in London | (1722) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Journal of the Plague Year | (1722) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress | (1724) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pirate Gow | (1725) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Selected Prose and Poetry | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Short Works of Daniel Defoe | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Complete English Tradesman | (1627) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Master Mercury | (1704) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Family Instructor | (1715) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A General History of the Pyrates | (1724) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain | (1724) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard | (1724) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Plan of the English Commerce | (1726) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Political History of the Devil | (1726) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell | (1904) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Tour Through England and Wales - Volume I. | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mother Ross | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Religious Courtship | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Ecclesiastical History of Scotland | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Storm | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Pamphlets/Essays
An Essay upon Projects | (1697) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conjugal Lewdness, or Matrimonial Whoredom | (1727) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Essay On The History And Reality Of Apparitions | (1727) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Augusta Triumphans | (1728) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Letter to the Dissenters | (1731) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The True-Born Englishman and Other Writings | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Essay on the Original of Literature | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
And What if the Pretender Should Come? Or, some considerations of the advantages and real consequences of the Pretender's possessing the crown of Great-Britain. | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An essay upon loans | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Defection Farther Consider'd | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Poor Man's Plea in Relation to All the Proclamations, Declarations, Acts of Parliament, &, Which Have Been, or Shall Be Made, or Publish'd, for a Reformation of Manners, and Suppressing Immorality in the Nations. | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Evident Advantages to Great Britain and Its Allies from the Approaching War | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The History of the Union Between England and Scotland | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mere Nature Delineated | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Faults on Both Sides, Or, an Essay Upon the Original Cause Progress and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in This Nation | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Essay at Removing National Prejudices Against a Union with Scotland. to Be Continued During the Treaty Here | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The History of the Kentish Petition | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The True-Born Englishman | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Apology for the Army in a Short Essay on Fortitude, &C | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Villainy of Stock-Jobbers Detected, and the Causes of the Late Run Upon the Bank and Bankers Discovered and Considered | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Reflections Upon a Late Scandalous and Malicious Pamphlet Entitul'd, the Shortest Way with the Dissenters, or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vindication of the Honour and Justice of His Majesty's Government | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Account of the Proceedings Against the Rebels, and Other Prisoners, Tried Before the Lord Chief Justice Jefferies, and Other Judges, in the West of England, in 1685, for Taking Arms Under the Duke of Monmouth | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Classic Sea Stories | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Sea Adventure | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe, born in London around 1660, was an English journalist, writer, and spy that gained enduring fame for his novel “Robinson Crusoe”. He is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel, is usually referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. Defoe helped popularize the genre in Britain. He is known to have used almost two hundred pen names in his career.
Daniel was a versatile and prolific writer, writing over five hundred books, journals, and pamphlets on numerous topics, like: psychology, politics, religion, crime, the supernatural, and marriage. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.
Daniel was born Daniel Foe and was the son of a London butcher named James Foe. He later added the “De” at the beginning of his name to make his name sound more gentlemanly.
He graduated from an academy at Newington Green, which was run by the Reverend Charles Morton. Shortly after, in the year 1683, he went into business, giving up an earlier intent on becoming a dissenting minister. He traveled around often, selling goods like wool and wine, however he was rarely ever out of debt. Daniel went bankrupt in the year 1692, paying debts for close to a decade after. By 1703 he had given up the business industry.
Daniel was always interested in politics, and published a political pamphlet, his first literary piece, in the year 1683. He continued writing political works, working as a journalist until early in the 1700s. Some of these pamphlets got him jailed by his political opponents for slander.
Around the age of 59, he took a new literary path when he published “Robinson Crusoe”, a novel that is based off many short essays that he composed over the years. Some novels followed shortly after, often with rogues and criminals.
While he was writing fiction, his political work tapered off during this point, due to the fall of both the Tory and Whig party leaders with whom he was associated. Robert Walpole had been beginning his rise at this time, and Defoe just never felt entirely at home with the Walpole group.
During the mid-1720s, he went back to writing editorial pieces that focused on subjects like politics, morality, and the breakdown of social order in England.
He died April 24, 1731. The cause of death was ruled lethargy, but it is likely that he experienced a stroke. Defoe is remembered today as a prolific author and journalist, and has been lauded for his numerous works of non-fiction and fiction. The characters he created in his fiction have been brought to life countless times through the years, in editorial works, and on screen and stage productions.
“Robinson Crusoe” was released in the year 1719. It tells the story of Robinson’s shipwreck on a desert island for almost thirty years and the subsequent adventures that he went on. Throughout the episodic narrative, Crusoe’s struggles with his own faith are apparent while bargaining with God in times of life-threatening crises, but he repeatedly turns his back after his deliverances.
Robinson finally becomes content with his lot in life, having been separated from society, and following a much more genuine conversion experience.
Fans found the novel to be best during the slower parts, as Defoe is a master of detail. The action, when it does come, is much better after the calmer parts. The novel has a gripping plot, is rich in detail, has profound character development, some insightful meditations, and the meeting of two totally different worlds of the cannibals and Robinson.
“Journal of the Plague Year” is a novel that was released in the year 1722. In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, and claimed almost one hundred thousand lives. In the novel, Defoe chronicles vividly the progress of this epidemic.
Readers follow his fictional narrator through a city that has been transformed: the alleyways and streets are deserted, houses of death have crosses painted on the doors. The dead-carts make their way on to the pits, and find horrified citizens of the city. All while isolation, fear, and hysteria take hold.
“Moll Flanders” is a novel that was released in the year 1722. Moll Flanders, the titular heroine, appears as a bigamist, whore, thief, and lives in The Mint, commits acts such as incest and adultery, yet is still able to maintain the sympathy of the reader. She was born in Newgate. The novel claims to be the true accounting of Moll’s life, detailing exploits from her birth until her old age.
Some of her exploits included being a whore for twelve years, being a thief for twelve years, and marrying five times (once to her brother), and eight years living as a transported felon in Virginia. After doing all of this, she grew rich, lived honest, before dying a penitent.
Her savvy manipulation of wealth and men earns her a life filled with trials, however ultimately an ending in reward. Even though Moll struggles with some of her choices and actions, religion appears to be the furthest from her concerns throughout the majority of her story.
Readers found this to be a brilliant and classic story with a bold and unusual heroine that is not at all girly, prim, or chaste. Moll is a great survivalist bad girl that triumphs over every bad thing that the author throws her way. Defoe does a great job of getting the sympathy of the reader, and does so by placing her in a hostile yet enticing world, one that lures and tempts otherwise virtuous individual into a life of crime.
“Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress” is Daniel’s final novel and was released in the year 1724. This novel is an example of the rather remarkable way that Defoe is able to inhabit his fictional characters (who are also drawn from life), despite Roxana’s being a woman.
This is the story of the spiritual and moral decline of one high society courtesan. At the time she is relaying her story, she says she has become a penitent later in life.
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