Daniel Defoe
A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727. Other than Robinson Crusoe, Tour was Defoe's most popular and financially successful work during the eighteenth century. (Source: WIkipedia)
6) Lady Roxana
Née à Poitiers, de parents protestants, Roxane est venue en Angleterre en 1683 avec ses parents qui fuyaient devant la persécution. Très belle, elle épouse à quinze ans un riche brasseur. Après huit ans d'une vie assez brillante, son mari prend la fuite pour éviter la faillite. La jeune femme est réduite à la misère. Elle confie ses enfants à ses beaux-parents et devient la maîtresse de son propriétaire, sa servante, Amy, jouant le
...Le titre original de ce roman est Heurs et Malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders, inspiré par un personnage historique, Moll la coupeuse de bourse. On aurait pu le sous-titrer «La solitude de la voleuse dans les bas-fonds londoniens». Il nous raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme née et abandonnée dans la prison de Newgate, qui apprend seule la dure loi de la lutte pour la survie. Elle commence par être une prostituée et une voleuse, se marie
...The True-Born Englishman is a satirical poem published in 1701 by Daniel Defoe defending the then King of England William, who was Dutch-born, against xenophobic attacks by his political enemies, and ridiculing the notion of English racial purity. It quickly became popular.
According to a preface Defoe supplied to an edition of 1703, the poem's declared target is not Englishness as such but English cultural xenophobia,
...10) Moll Flanders
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts and was often
...Robinson quitte l'Angleterre en 1652 pour naviguer, contre la volonté de ses parents. Le navire est arraisonné par des pirates et Crusoé devient l'esclave d'un Maure. Il parvient à s'échapper sur un bateau et ne doit son salut qu'à un navire portugais qui passe au large de la côte ouest de l'Afrique. Arrivé au Brésil, Crusoé devient le propriétaire d'une plantation. Il se joint à une expédition partie à la recherche d'esclaves africains,
...13) Atalantis Major
Atalantis Major is a thinly veiled allegory describing the November 1710 election of the representative Scottish peers. The circumstances which surrounded this election were produced by the outcome of the previous month's General Election, which was a landslide for the Tories, and, to understand these circumstances, the impact of that Tory victory must be seen within the context of the political events of 1710. (Source: Bookshop)
...An Essay Upon Projects (1697) was the first volume published by Daniel Defoe. It begins with a portrait of his time as a "Projecting Age" and subsequently illustrates plans for the economic and social improvement of England, including an early proposal for a national insurance scheme. (Source: Wikipedia)
Robinson quitte l'Angleterre en 1652 pour naviguer, contre la volonté de ses parents. Le navire est arraisonné par des pirates et Crusoé devient l'esclave d'un Maure. Il parvient à s'échapper sur un bateau et ne doit son salut qu'à un navire portugais qui passe au large de la côte ouest de l'Afrique. Arrivé au Brésil, Crusoé devient le propriétaire d'une plantation. Il se joint à une expédition partie à la recherche d'esclaves africains,
...The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Or, Proposals for the Establishment of the Church is a pamphlet by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1702. Defoe was prompted to write the pamphlet by the increased hostility towards Dissenters in the wake of the accession of Queen Anne to the throne.
It is written in the same style as the Tory publications that attacked Dissenters, and was assumed by some people to be a genuine vindication
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