This Combo Collection (Set of 4 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: A General History of the Pyrates The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts : Daniel Defoe's Best Classic Horror Thrillers The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
The History of the Plague in London is a historical novel offering an account of the dismal events caused by the Great Plague, which mercilessly struck the city of London in 1665. First published in 1722, the novel illustrates the social disorder triggered by the outbreak, while focusing on human suffering and the mere devastation occupying London at the time. Defoe opens his book with the introduction of his fictional character H.F., a middle-class man who decides to wait out the destruction of the plague instead of fleeing to safety, and is presented only by his initials throughout the novel. Consequently, the narrator records many distressing stories as experienced by London residents, including craze affected people wandering the streets aimlessly, locals trying to escape the disease infected city, and healthy families forced to confine themselves behind closed doors. Apart from these second-hand accounts, the narrator also provides a thorough explanation on how quarantine was managed and kept under control. In addition, he seeks to debunk all squalid rumors which have produced a false interpretation of the bubonic plague. However, not everything is bleak in the account, as the novel offers some affirmative evidence that humanity is still capable of charity, kindness and mercy even in the midst of chaos and confusion. Although regarded as a work of fiction, the author engrosses with his insertion of statistics, government reports and charts which further validate the novel as a precise portrayal the Great Plague.
Widely regarded as the Father of the Novel, Daniel Defoe is a paramount literary figure, who deserves a place in all digital libraries. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the complete fictional works, with a wide range of non-fiction works too. The Novels ROBINSON CRUSOE THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE CAPTAIN SINGLETON JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR COLONEL JACK MOLL FLANDERS ROXANA The Shorter Fiction THE CONSOLIDATOR A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS. VEAL ATLANTIS MAJOR A SHORT NARRATIVE OF HIS GRACE JOHN, D. OF MARLBOROGH THE KING OF PIRATES DICKORY CRONKE MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER THE MEMOIRS OF MAJOR ALEXANDER RAMKINS THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MR. DUNCAN CAMPBELL THE PIRATE GOW THE HISTORY OF THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF JOHN SHEPPARD THE MILITARY MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE CARLETON THE HISTORY OF THE PYRATES The Poetry THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN HYMN TO THE PILLORY The Travel Writing A TOUR THRO’ THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN
"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.
Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy. His life was long and colourful, and the breadth of his work, still highly regarded, is infused with similar vigour. It is said that only the bible has been printed in more languages than Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is also noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel. He was extremely prolific and a very versatile writer, producing several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism though was made bankrupt on more on one occasion and usually mired in debt. In later life Defoe was often most seen on Sundays when bailiffs and the like could legally make no move on him. Allegedly it was whilst hiding from creditors that he died on April 24th, 1731. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London.
