Daniel Defoe

author

Daniel Defoe

d. 1731

Best known for Robinson Crusoe, he helped shape the English novel while living a life full of trade, politics, journalism, and trouble with the law. His writing mixes adventure with sharp observation about money, survival, and human character.

67 Audiobooks

Robinsono Kruso

Robinsono Kruso

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe (II/II)

Robinson Crusoe (II/II)

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoëus

Robinson Crusoëus

by Joachim Heinrich Campe, Daniel Defoe

Of Captain Mission

Of Captain Mission

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe (I/II)

Robinson Crusoe (I/II)

by Daniel Defoe

An Essay Upon Projects

An Essay Upon Projects

by Daniel Defoe

Atalantis Major

Atalantis Major

by Daniel Defoe

The Storm. An Essay.

The Storm. An Essay.

by Daniel Defoe

Die Pest zu London

Die Pest zu London

by Daniel Defoe

About the author

Born in London around 1660 and dying there on April 24, 1731, Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer whose work reached far beyond fiction. Before becoming famous as a novelist, he was involved in business and public debate, and that experience gave his writing an unusually practical, worldly feel.

He is most closely associated with Robinson Crusoe (1719), but he also wrote Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana (1724), along with many political and religious works. Readers have long seen him as one of the early figures who helped make the novel a major form in English.

Defoe's books are still lively because they make big ideas feel immediate: isolation, risk, repentance, ambition, and the struggle to remake a life. Even centuries later, his stories remain vivid, readable, and surprisingly modern in their attention to everyday detail.