Famous Englishspeaking writers Daniel Defoe Is a famous
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Famous English-speaking writers.
Daniel Defoe • Is a famous English writer of the eighteenth century. • He was born in 1660. • He wrote his world famous novel “The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
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Card 1 • • • Daniel Defoe was a famous English writer of the eighteenth century. His world famous novel was “The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”. When the book was published in 1719, it immediately became popular. Daniel Defoe didn’t write his book for children. But every child knows “Robinson Crusoe”, how he learned to catch goats and to make pots… Daniel Defoe wrote many other books, but for “Robinson Crusoe” he is called “the father of English prose”.
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Mark Twain • The real name of this writer was Samuel Clements. • He was born in 1835 in the United States. • In 1876 he wrote “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”. This book made him famous.
