Daniel Defoe

author

Daniel Defoe

d. 1731

Best known for creating Robinson Crusoe, this restless English writer moved easily between fiction, journalism, politics, and business. His work helped shape the early English novel and still feels lively for its sharp detail and sense of adventure.

67 Audiobooks

Robinsono Kruso

Robinsono Kruso

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe (II/II)

Robinson Crusoe (II/II)

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

Of Captain Mission

Of Captain Mission

by Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoëus

Robinson Crusoëus

by Joachim Heinrich Campe, Daniel Defoe

An Essay Upon Projects

An Essay Upon Projects

by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe (I/II)

Robinson Crusoe (I/II)

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 around 1660 in London, Daniel Defoe lived a remarkably varied life before and during his writing career. He was a merchant as well as a journalist and pamphleteer, and his years of business trouble and political involvement gave his writing a practical, worldly energy.

He is most famous today for Robinson Crusoe (1719), but he also wrote Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana (1724), along with many other books, essays, and pamphlets. Readers and critics often see him as one of the writers who helped establish the English novel as a major form, especially through his gift for making invented stories feel immediate and real.

Defoe died on April 24, 1731, in London. More than two centuries later, he remains a key figure for listeners and readers who enjoy fiction that blends adventure, observation, and a vivid sense of everyday life.