London-born Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) pursued a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent, and political pamphleteer. He wrote books on economics, history, biography, and crime. But he is best remembered for his fiction, which he began to write late in his life and which includes the novels Moll Flanders, Roxana, and the celebrated Robinson Crusoe.

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Title: The Consolidator (Esprios Classics): or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon, Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: An Humble Proposal to the People of England, for the Increase of their Trade, and Encouragement of Their Manufactures: Whether the Present Uncertainty of Affairs Issues in Peace or War, Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts, Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: An Essay Upon Projects, Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business [Illustrated], Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: An Appeal to Honour and Justice, Though It Be of His Worst Enemies; Being A True Account of His Conduct in Public Affairs., Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe, Author: Daniel Defoe
Title: A Vindication of the Press, Author: Daniel Defoe