Daniel Defoe and his novel Robinson Crusoe Volodymyr

Daniel Defoe and his novel Robinson Crusoe Volodymyr Vovkanych Form 10a School №5 Teacher: N.G. Savko

Deniel Defoe (1660,London-1731,London) Deniel was the son of a hard-working and fairly prosperous candle merchant and a butcher, James Foe. 1683- Defoe decided to start as a merchant. He dealt in many goods , travelled extensively at home and abroad , and, as a result, became an intelligent economic theorist far ahead of his time. However, hard luck often struck his enterprises. He had a difficult life. He said : “No man has tasted different fortunes more! And thirteen times I have been rich and poor”.

Contribution to literature famous novel “Robinson Crusoe”(marked the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre) “A Journal of the Plague Year” (1722) “Roxana” (1724) “The Family Instructor” (1725) “A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain” (1727) “The Complete English Tradesman” (1725-1727) “A General History of the Pirates” (1724-1728) Daniel Defoe is true inlightment and he's the main writer of this literary trend

-first published on 25 April 1719 -Robinson Crusoe, as a young and impulsive wanderer, defied his parents and went to sea -is based on the life and story of Scotsman Alexander Selkirk -Robinson Crusoe marked the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre “Robinson Crusoe”

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1) made immediate plans for food,then shelter, to protect himself from wild animals. 2)brought as many things as possible from the wrecked ship; 3)began to develop talents that he had never used in order to provide himself with necessities. 4)began to communicate with God 5) To keep his sanity and to entertain himself, he began a journal. 6)In the journal, he recorded every task that he performed each day since he had been marooned. His fight for survival:

His friend Friday Crusoe saved a prisoner’s life, named him Friday, taught him English. Friday soon became Crusoe's humble and devoted slave - They saved Friday's father - By devious means they rescued the captain and two other men The grateful captain gave Crusoe many gifts and took him and Friday back to England.