Daniel Defoe

As Moll Flanders rises from the infamous Newgate Prison to fame, wealth, and respectability, Moll comes to embody all the excess and vitality of an era

Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world's most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times. . From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the...

"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...

Life is hard for Moll Flanders. As a teenager, Moll is seduced and marries young. When her husband dies a few years later, leaving Moll and her children without support, Moll embarks on a quest to find a man with money.

Nearly one hundred original drawings and decorations made in the tropics.

Spanish translation of "Robinson Crusoe". During a voyage in the 1600's an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives with his sole native companion Friday, for almost thirty years on a desert island before being rescued. For junior high (7-9) and high (10-12) school students.