Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe By Daniel DefoeRobinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has since been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "M's a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966, but various literary sources have also been suggested.

A General History of the Pyrates By Daniel Defoe

Som ung trodser Robinson Crusoe sin fars råd og står til søs på jagt efter eventyr. Selvom han på sine første rejser får flere forvarsler om, hvad han har i vente, hvis han fortsætter livet på havet, begiver han sig efter nogle år som plantageejer i Brasilien atter til søs. På denne rejse lider han skibbrud, mister alle sine rejsefæller og får sig kun med nød og næppe kæmpet i land på en øde ø, hvor han er tvunget til at blive. Ved hjælp af lidt held, arbejdsomhed, selvdisciplin og foretagsomhed får Robinson Crusoe langsomt skabt sig en tilværelse på øen med både agerbrug og husdyrhold. Som øens enehersker begynder han efterhånden at føle sig både tryg og hjemmevant, indtil han en dag pludselig opdager et menneskeligt fodspor, der ikke stammer fra ham selv." Robinson Crusoe er det modsatte af det primitivt oppiskede nid og nag i Robinson Ekspeditionen: Ømt og generøst fremmanet menneskelighed – og som alle klassikere lige så akut nærværende og vedkommende som helt vildt mærkværdig." – Lars Bukdahl, Weekendavisen"Uanset med hvilke litterære briller man læser romanen, er den en ubestridt klassiker i kraft af sin eventyrlige og fascinerende historie, der gør den til et uopslideligt stykke populærlitteratur." – Jytte Kjær Schou, Litteratursiden"Daniel Defoes klassiske roman er engelsk litteratur, når det er bedst." – Robert McCrum, The Guardian

The Wonderful Life and Most Surprising Adventures of That Renowned Hero, - Robinson Crusoe, Who Lived Twenty-Eight Years on an Uninhabited Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1795. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Moll Flanders: dition fran aise By Daniel Defoe

Life, Adventures and Piracies of Captain Singleton and Life of Colonel Jack is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Life and Strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner - As related by himself is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1862. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Full text. A vivid satire on a dissolute society, Roxana is a devastating evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul. Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becomes too enticing and Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish society parties, luxurious clothes and amassed wealth. But this life comes at a cost, and she is fatally torn between the sinful prosperity she has become used to and the respectability she craves