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the first (perhaps) and greatest realist

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the first (perhaps) and greatest realist

This entry was posted in examples of good writing and tagged “the first (perhaps) and greatest realist, Daniel Defoe The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe builds the narrative from minutely observed and recorded details., Defoe is notable in there is hardly and exposition or authorial intervention., Defoe Robinson Crusoe, Roger Smith, Roger W. Smith, to make the dramatic immediacy of the narrative predominate and keep the author “behind the curtains” out of sight so to speak., With consummate craftsmanship Defoe affects a plain recital of the facts as if he were merely a reporter or were writing a journal, With consummate craftsmanship Defoe affects a plain recital of the facts as if he were merely a reporter or were writing a journal -- he builds the narrative from minutely observed and recorded detail on December 9, 2019 by Roger W. Smith.

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