English novelist, journalist and spy Daniel Defoe died #OTD in 1731.
His most famous work, "Robinson Crusoe," was published in 1719 when Defoe was nearly 60. Following the success of "Robinson Crusoe," Defoe wrote several other notable works including "Moll Flanders" (1722), "A Journal of the Plague Year" (1722), "Colonel Jack" (1722), "Roxana" (1724), and "Captain Singleton" (1720).
Books by Daniel Defoe at PG:
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