Years ago, in these pages, I confessed that I have read Daniel Defoe’s 1719 fictional tale, “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” multiple times, as well as listened to the audio version. Crusoe’s ...

Mark Lawson presents a documentary exploring the far-reaching influence of Daniel Defoe. Bookshops have separate sections for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Travel Writing, Journalism, Economics ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. I first read Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year on a train from Boston to New York. That’s the ...

Even the name "Daniel Defoe" was a pseudonym of sorts—born Daniel Foe, Defoe added the first syllable to his last name to sound more aristocratic. Wikimedia Commons “That horrid place! My very blood ...

This summer, BBC Radio 4 are putting a spotlight on Daniel Defoe, broadcasting three dramas and a documentary about the great 18th century writer, chancer, pamphleteer, hack, part-time spy, political ...

There are few writers whose lives are as intriguing as their fiction, but Daniel Defoe, author of Moll Flanders, Robinson Crusoe and A Journal of the Plague Year, an account of his survival through ...

Mark Lawson explores the influence of Daniel Defoe. In the company of writers, critics and cartoonists, he tells the story of the man who never stopped telling stories. Show more Mark Lawson presents ...