Defoe
/dɪˈfəʊ/- Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731), English novelist and journalist. His best-known novel, Robinson Crusoe (1719), is loosely based on the true story of the shipwrecked sailor Alexander Selkirk; it has a claim to being the first English novel. Other Notable works: Moll Flanders (novel, 1722) and A Journal of the Plague Year (historical fiction, 1722).笛福, 丹尼尔（1660-1731, 英国小说家和记者, 最著名的小说《鲁宾逊漂流记》[1719]大体根据海难水手亚历山大·塞尔扣克的真实故事创作而成, 被认为是第一本英国小说; 其他代表作品：小说《摩尔·弗兰德斯》[1722], 史传《大疫年日记》[1722]）。