Daniel Defoe eBooks
eBooks di Daniel Defoe editi da Classic Crime di Formato Mobipocket
Nato a Stoke Newington (Londra) nel 1660 e morto a Moorfields nell'aprile del 1731, dedicò gran parte della vita agli affari e solo per ripagare i debiti accumulati, cominciò in età matura l’attività di scrittore. Esordì come saggista di economia, dimostrandosi in anticipo sui tempi nel sostenere la necessità di creare organismi, quali una banca centrale e un sistema pensionistico, oggi cruciali nel funzionamento dello Stato.
Rinchiuso in carcere con l’accusa di aver diffamato in un saggio la Chiesa d’Inghilterra (La via più breve per i dissenzienti), nel 1719 pubblicò il suo capolavoro, Robinson Crusoe, ispirato alla reale vicenda di un marinaio naufragato su un’isola al largo del Cile. Accolto da un ottimo riscontro di pubblico, il libro è considerato, insieme al Don Chisciotte, una delle prime forme di romanzo moderno, ed è talmente diffuso nel mondo, da vantare il maggior numero di edizioni dopo la Bibbia.
Autore di un secondo romanzo Fortune e sfortune della famosa Moll Flanders (fonte d’ispirazione per numerosi film), Defoe fu apprezzato anche come giornalista e fondatore della rivista The Review, considerata una pietra miliare nella storia del giornalismo.
The History Of The Remarkable Life Of John Sheppard Containing A Particular Account Of His Many Robberies And Escapes: CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF HIS MANY ROBBERIES AND ESCAPES. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Daniel Defoe - Classic Crime, 2018 -
A particular Account of his rescuing his pretended Wife from St. Giles's Round House. Of the wonderful Escape himself made from the said Round-House. Of the miraculous Escape he and his said pretended Wife made together from New-Prison, on the 25th of May last. Of his surprizing Escape from the Condemn'd Hold of Newgate on the 31st of August: Together with the true manner of his being retaken; and of his Behaviour in Newgate, till the most astonishing, and never to be forgotten Escape he made from thence, in the Night of the 15th of October. The Whole taken from the most authentick Accounts, as the Informations of divers Justices of the Peace, the several Shop-keepers above-mentioned, the principal Officers of Newgate and New Prison, and from the Confession of Sheppard made to the Rev. Mr. Wagstaff, who officiated for the Ordinary at Newgate.
The Life, Adventures & Piracies Of The Famous Captain Singleton. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Daniel Defoe - Classic Crime, 2018 -
The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720) is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of English pirate Henry Every. The narrative describes the life of an Englishman, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies who eventually makes his way to sea. One half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa and the later half concerns his life as a pirate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Defoe's description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, making it an intriguing if not particularly gripping read. Singleton's pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe's comment on the mercantilism of his day.