A new selection of Daniel Defoe's early, radical writings. It includes his verse satire on English chauvinism, his satire on High Church intolerance, as well as a dozen other pieces written between 1697 and 1706. These are of particular interest, considering Defoe's role of personal agent to the Secretary of State of the time, Robert Harley.
DANIEL DEFOE was a Londoner, born c. 1660. He became a versatile and prolific writer, and died in 1731.
P N FURBANK is Emeritus Professor of Literature at the Open University. W R Owens is Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Literature at the Open University. Both have previously edited for Penguin Classics.