Shipwrecked Grade 6 ICSE Daniel Defoe.pptx

grade 6 icse

1. Daniel Defoe   English novelist, journalist, merchant Daniel Defoe was born in 1660, in London W as originally christened/named Daniel Foe, changing his name around the age of 35 to sound more aristocratic Defoe became successful as a merchant  by 1692 he was bankrupt Around this time, Defoe began to write, partly as a moneymaking venture.  Defoe began writing fiction late in life, around the age of sixty. He published his first novel,  Robinson Crusoe,  in 1719

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