Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies
By Daniel Dafoe
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While those are all impressive accomplishments, Defoe’s name has lived on through Robinson Crusoe, one of the first and finest novels ever written. The book is written as a fictional autobiography of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends nearly 30 years on a tropical island, where he encounters all kinds of danger and adventures. Published in the early 18th century, the novel may have been inspired by a real Scottish castaway, Alexander Selkirk, who lived for nearly 5 years on a Pacific Island. That island’s name has since been changed to Robinson Crusoe Island. Robinson Crusoe was a stark departure from the typical literature of the day, which was still based on ancient mythology, legends, and history.
Daniel Dafoe
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English author, journalist, merchant and secret agent. His career in business was varied, with substantial success countered by enough debt to warrant his arrest. Political pamphleteering also landed Defoe in prison but, in a novelistic turn of events, an Earl helped free him on the condition that he become an intelligence agent. The author wrote widely on many topics, including politics, travel, and proper manners, but his novels, especially Robinson Crusoe, remain his best remembered work.
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Second Thoughts are Best - Daniel Dafoe
SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BEST: OR A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF A LATE SCHEME TO PREVENT STREET ROBBERIES
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Daniel Defoe
DOSSIER PRESS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STREET ROBBERIES:
With
Humbly
By Andrew Moreton, Esq.: LONDON:
TO THE: KING’S: Most Excellent: MAJESTY,: SACRED AND MOST AUGUST!
THE PREFACE.
SECOND THOUGHTS, &c.
Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies
By
Daniel Defoe
Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies
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First published circa 1731
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