Devotees of period dramas should not overlook a hidden gem that's been acclaimed as "one of the best", reports the Express.

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders was adapted from Daniel Defoe’s 1722 novel Moll Flanders, following the life of ...

Daniel Defoe, the prolific writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, best known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), passed away ...

Almost everyone has at least heard of Daniel Defoe, or at the very least, his most famous work: The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor of York. But aside from novels, Defoe ...

Before Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) wrote Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, A Journal of the Plague Year and other great literary works, he tried his hand at business and investing. There isn’t much ...

For example, Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year, an early example of the nonfiction novel, written in 1722 about London’s Great Plague of 1665.

Daniel Defoe’s hard-earned lessons on business and life The author of Robinson Crusoe, who dealt with ups and downs as an entrepreneur, also penned one of history’s most useful business manuals.

Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" endures because the author crafted a story that isn't nonfiction, but feels as if it could be.

The wrecking of a vessel on a remote island, from "The Odyssey" to "The Tempest" to "Lost," is an evergreen beginning for stories about what makes us civilized and human. Daniel Defoe's Robinson ...

That’s what makes Daniel Defoe, the founder of English journalism, such a thorny shrub. The hoaxers and the embellishers, the fake autobiographers, look on Defoe as a kind of patron saint. Defoe lied ...