By the time he was in his twenties, Defoe was already a decent businessman in London, running underwear, tobacco and alcohol industries and having been to the European continent. 1692 went bankrupt in business and had to make another living. He is a government intelligence officer, designing and developing business. He is also engaged in writing. In his early years, he was famous for writing political essays and satirical poems, opposing feudal autocracy and advocating the development of capitalist industry and commerce. Defoe started writing novels at the age of 59.
His works are readable. Protestant William III. In his masterpiece Robinson Crusoe, the optimistic and brave Robinson overcame difficulties with wisdom and courage, showing the social atmosphere of pursuing adventure and advocating personal struggle at that time.
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Robinson Crusoe is Defoe's masterpiece, and its value lies in successfully shaping Robinson, a brand-new character. He is one of the earliest positive figures in bourgeois literature, and with his strong will and enterprising spirit, he overwhelmed the conservative and depressed aristocratic figures.
Defoe adopts the first-person narrative method because the first-person narrative can narrow the distance between readers and novels. The narrative style of the novel is natural and different from other novels and romantic writers. The story he told is true. When reading, readers can't help but believe that there is a real person telling readers the real story that happened to them.
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