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| Daniel 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist. |
Also, De Foe.
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Daniel Defoe
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British writer whose most famous novel, Robinson Crusoe (1719), was inspired by the exploits of a Scottish sailor and castaway, Alexander Selkirk. He also wrote Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year (both 1722). |
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| daniel defoe | |
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| English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731) [syn: Defoe] |
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