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Works Features
His works mainly through the efforts of individuals, relying on their wisdom and courage to overcome difficulties. The plot twists and turns, used to tell, readability is strong. And expressed the pursuit of adventure, society and individual struggle. The representative of "Robinson Crusoe" is well known in the world, Robinson has also become a difficult struggle with the typical, so he is regarded as the founder of British fiction.
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Robinson Crusoe, an Englishman who is shipwrecked in a lonely tropical island. He builds himself a hut, grows his own food, and becomes self-sufficient. After 23 years he meets with a group of cannibals食人者 and rescues one of their prisoners, a young native whome he calls Friday . Robinson and his“man”Friday become close friends, and when they are finally rescued four years later, both return to England.
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Daniel Defoe (丹尼尔. 笛福, 1660-1731)
Birth
and family: Born in London, a butcher’s family. Six children ,but no one gave consideration to him when he was dying.
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General Introduction
Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731) English novelist and journalist, whose work reflects his diverse experiences in many countries and in many w alks of life. Besides being a brilliant journalist, novelist , and social thinker, Defoe was a prolific （多产的） author, producing more than 500 books, pamphlets, and tracts小册子.
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Defoe‘s earliest writings dealt with such controversial （有争议的） subjects as politics and religion. A political pamphlet led to Defoe' s imprisonment in 1703 for about 4 months.
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Fictions:
Robinson Crusoe (鲁滨孙漂流记，1719) Captain Singleton (辛格顿船长, 1720) Moll Flanders (摩尔· 弗兰德斯, 1722) A Journal of the Plague Year(大疫年日记, 1722) Roxana (罗克萨娜, 1724） Colonel Jack (陆军上校杰克,1722) Verses: Hymn to the Pillory (枷刑颂，1702)
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Robinson Crusoe (1714)
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The
story: Describes how Robinson, a 18-century middleclass tradesman, experienced his romantic life on a wild island for 28 years.
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笛福对待劳动人民的态度有两面性。 他认为犯罪的根源是贫穷，富有的人是不会 犯罪的。摩尔· 弗兰德斯和罗克萨娜之所以走上不 光荣的道路，就是因为贫穷，所以他对这两个人 物也是抱有同情心的。他主张发展工商业使人民 有工作。 但是另外一方面，他却把当时工人工作时间 长、工资低、未成年的孩子就要工作等残酷剥削 现象视为固然。这是雇主的观点。
Education:
attended a ‘dissenting新教的’ school where English composition is stressed.
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occupation:
Business man (commision代理 merchant), Government official, Newspaper and magazine editor and writer He started a business career, but he went bankrupt and turned to writing.
For about 25 years, Defoe earned his living as a journalist. He produced his own periodical（杂志）, The Review, singlehandedly from 1704 to 1713. 是英国第一份定期出版的文化和政治刊物，是英国报业的先驱。
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The
theme: Celebrates the 18th – century Western civilization’s material triumphs胜利 and the strength of human rational will to conquer the natural environment.
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English
author Daniel Defoe gained intern ational fame with his 1719 novel Robblished several works of social criticism, one of which, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702) （铲除新教徒的捷径） landed him in jail. Defoe produced more than 500 written works in his lifetime.
Robinson Crusoe was partly based on the actual deeds of Alexander Selkirk, an 18thcentury Scottish sailor who spent almost five years alone on a desert island.