One of the first novels in the history of literature

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            One of the first novels in the history of literature (15) __________ written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (16) __________ London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (17) __________ school, he worked in his father’s shop and (18) __________ articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (19) __________ in his writings.

In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (20) __________ him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (21) __________ on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoe’s novel lived on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (22) __________ novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (23) __________; his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (24) __________ famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.

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