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One of the first novels in the history of literature (12) ___________ written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (13) ___________ London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, be began to write stories. After (14)___________school, he worked in his father’s shop and (15)___________articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (16) ___________in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (17)___________him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (18)___________on an island for four years. Robinson Crusoe in Defoes novel lived on an island for twenty-eight years. People liked (19) ___________novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (20)___________, his novel Robison Crusoe was the (21) ___________ famous. Defoe was not a rich man when he died in 1731.