
Daniel Defoe
Books by Daniel Defoe
“When Defoe was writing in the 1720s, the novel was a new and emerging genre. Novelists were hungry for good material, so Defoe looked back sixty years to the bubonic plague that struck London around 1665, the year before the Great Fire of London.” Read more...
The Best Books to Read in Quarantine
Jenny Davidson, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Daniel Defoe were recommended
The Best Books to Read in Quarantine, recommended by Jenny Davidson
Times of disease and pestilence have much to tell us about the human condition. Jenny Davidson, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, suggests some of the best books to read if you’re self-isolating or in quarantine.
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