3.3 Daniel Defoe(1661-1731) A pioneer novelist of England, a prolific writer of books and pamphlets Defoe's versatility: a merchant, economist, politician, journalist, pamphleteer, and a novelist Robinson Crusoe, The hero is typical of the rising English bourgeois claSs practical and diligent. Defoe beautifies colonialism and Negro slavery Moll Flanders: It is written in an autobiographical form called memoir. Defoe introduces for the first time a lowly woman as the subject of literature 2021/2/232021/2/23 9 3.3 Daniel Defoe (1661-1731) ◼ A pioneer novelist of England, a prolific writer of books and pamphlets. ◼ Defoe’s versatility: a merchant, economist, politician, journalist, pamphleteer, and a novelist. ◼ Robinson Crusoe: The hero is typical of the rising English bourgeois class, practical and diligent. Defoe beautifies colonialism and Negro slavery. ◼ Moll Flanders: It is written in an autobiographical form called memoir. Defoe introduces, for the first time, a lowly woman as the subject of literature