"Defoe's writings are of the highest value as an historical indication of the state of the middle and lower classes of his time."
— Daniel Defoe

January 1, 1970

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Leslie Stephen, 'Defoe, Daniel', Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XIV. Damon—D’Eyncourt, ed. Leslie Stephen (1888), p. 289